Guarianthe, abbreviated Gur. in the horticultural trade,[1] is a small genus of epiphytic orchids, growing in wet forests in Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad.[2] It was separated from the bifoliate Cattleyas in 2003,[3] based on phylogenetic studies of nuclear DNA sequence data.[4]
| Guarianthe | |
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| Guarianthe skinneri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Laeliinae |
| Genus: | Guarianthe Dressler & W.E. Higgins (2003) |
Species edit
| Image | Name | Distribution | Elevation (m) |
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Guarianthe aurantiaca (Bateman) Dressler & W.E. Higgins 2003 | Widespread across much of Mexico, south to Costa Rica | 300 - 1600 meters |
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Guarianthe bowringiana (Veitch) Dressler & W.E. Higgins 2003 | Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras | 210 - 900 meters |
| Guarianthe patinii (Cogn.) Dressler & W.E. Higgins 2003 | Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad; naturalized in Ecuador | 30 - 800 meters | |
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Guarianthe skinneri (Bateman) Dressler & W.E. Higgins 2003 | from Chiapas, Mexico south to Panama | 200 - 2300 meters |
Natural hybrid edit
- Guarianthe × laelioides (Lem.) Van den Berg 2015 = Gur. aurantiaca × Gur. skinneri[5] – Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
References edit
- ^ http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ Dressler and Higgins: "Guarianthe, a Generic Name for the “Cattleya” skinneri Complex" Lankesteriana 7(2003)37—38 [1] Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ van den Berg et al.: "A Phylogenetic Analysis of Laeliinae (Orchidaceae) based on Sequence Data from Internal Transcribed Spacers (ITS)of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA", Lindleyana 15(2)96—114. 2000. [2] Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The International Orchid Register / RHS Gardening". apps.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- Thouars, L-M.A. du Petit- (1809) Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 1: 318.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009) Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 71 ff. Oxford University Press.
External links edit
Media related to Guarianthe at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Guarianthe at Wikispecies
