Orchidaceae

Diodonopsis Pridgeon & M.W.Chase

First published in Lindleyana 16: 252 (2001)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Costa Rica to W. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

  • Pteroon Luer in Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105: 12 (2006)

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Masdevallia.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0