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Monocotyledons / Monocotiledóneas
Ornithidium
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Ornithidium:
Ornithidium, is genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). Its members are native to the West Indies and to Latin America from southern Mexico to Bolivia.[1]
Ornithidium has often been included in the larger genus Maxillaria but recent molecular studies have found Maxillaria as it has long been viewed to be a unnatural hodgepodge composed of groups not closely related to each. Hence it has been proposed that the genus should be split into several genera, proposals that have been gaining acceptance.[2][3]
Selected species[edit]
- Ornithidium coccineum (Jacq.) Salisb. ex R.Br.
- Ornithidium donaldeedodii Ackerman & Whitten
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Blanco, M.A. et al. 2007. Generic realignments in Maxillarinae (Orchidaceae). Lankasteriana 7(3):515-537
- ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
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