Cirrhaea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Stanhopeinae
Genus: Cirrhaea
Overview of species (7)

C. dependens – C. fuscolutea – C. loddigesii – C. longiracemosa – C. nasuta – C. seidelii – C. silvana
Name

Cirrhaea Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 11: t. 930 (1825)

Type species: Cirrhaea dependens (Lodd.) Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 370 (1830)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Scleropteris Scheidw., Allg. Gartenzeitung 7: 407 (1839)
Sarcoglossum Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 306 (1854)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Brazil
Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Lindley, J. 1825. Edwards's Botanical Register 11: t. 930.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 404 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cirrhaea. Accessed: 2021 May 9.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cirrhaea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 9. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cirrhaea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 9. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Cirrhaea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cirrhaea. Published online. Accessed: 9 May 2021.
Photo collections of Cirrhaea from Botanical Garden Munich
Tropicos.org 2021. Cirrhaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 May 2021.

Vernacular names

Cirrhaea is a genus of orchids, comprising 7 recognized species, all endemic to Brazil.[1][2]
List of species

Cirrhaea dependens (Lodd.) Loudon (1830)
Cirrhaea fuscolutea Lindl. (1833)
Cirrhaea loddigesii Lindl. (1832)
Cirrhaea longiracemosa Hoehne (1933)
Cirrhaea nasuta Brade (1949)
Cirrhaea seidelii Pabst (1972)
Cirrhaea silvana V.P. Castro & Campacci (1990)

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro