Comparettia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Oncidiinae
Genus: Comparettia
Overview of species (80)

C. acebeyae – C. alexii – C. amboroensis – C. auriculata – C. barkeri – C. bennettii – C. bigibbosa – C. blankei – C. brevis – C. campoverdei – C. carinata – C. chiribogae – C. coccinea – C. coimbrae – C. corydaloides – C. crucicornibus – C. delcastilloi – C. ecalcarata – C. embreei – C. equitans – C. falcata – C. frymirei – C. gentryi – C. granizoi – C. hauensteinii – C. heterophylla – C. hirtzii – C. ignea – C. jamiesonii – C. janeae – C. kerspei – C. kroemeri – C. langkastii – C. langlassei – C. larae – C. latipetala – C. limatamboensis – C. luerae – C. macroplectron – C. × maloi – C. markgrafii – C. micrantha – C. minuta – C. mirthae – C. moroniae – C. neudeckeri – C. newyorkorum – C. oliverosii – C. ottonis – C. pacensium – C. palatina – C. paniculata – C. papillosa – C. paraguaensis – C. penduliflora – C. peruvioides – C. portillae – C. pulchella – C. rauhii – C. romansii – C. rubriflora – C. saccata – C. schaeferi – C. seegeri – C. serrilabia – C. sillarensis – C. sotoana – C. speciosa – C. splendens – C. stenochila – C. suareziorum – C. thivii – C. topoana – C. tuerckheimii – C. tungurahuae – C. vallyana – C. variegata – C. vasquezii – C. williamsii – C. wuerstlei
Nothospecies: (1)

C. × maloi
Name

Comparettia Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 42 (1836)

Type species: Comparettia falcata Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 42 (1836)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Diadenium Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 41 (1836)
Chaenanthe Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24: 38 (1838)
Scelochilus Klotzsch, Allg. Gartenzeitung 9: 261 (1841)
Neokoehleria Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 390 (1912)
Scelochiloides Dodson & M.W.Chase, Icon. Pl. Trop., II, 3: t. 293 (1989)
Stigmatorthos M.W.Chase & D.E.Benn., Lindleyana 8: 4 (1993)
Pfitzeria Senghas J. Orchideenfr. 5: 30 (1998)
Scelochilopsis Dodson & M.W.Chase, Orquideologia 21: 61 (1998)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Mexico
Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
Caribbean
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.

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

Poeppig, E.F. & Endlicher, S.F.L. 1836. Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum quas in Regno Chilensi Peruviano 1: 42.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 248 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Comparettia. Accessed: 2021 May 21.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Comparettia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 21. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Comparettia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 21. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Comparettia. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Comparettia. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Comparettia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 21.

Vernacular names

English: Comparettia

Comparettia, abbreviated Comp in the horticultural trade,[3] is a genus of orchids. It consists about 50-70 species, native to tropical America. They occur in Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and in northern South America as far south as Brazil and Bolivia, although they are particularly common in the Andes. The genus has grown markedly in recent years due to many species being transferred from other genera.[2][4]

Selected species

Comparettia coccinea
Comparettia cryptocera
Comparettia erecta
Comparettia falcata
Comparettia ignea
Comparettia macroplectron
Comparettia maloi
Comparettia paulensis

Comparettia peruviana
Comparettia pulchella
Comparettia rosea
Comparettia saccata
Comparettia speciosa
Comparettia splendens
Comparettia splendida
Comparettia venezuelana

References

Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich & Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1836. Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum quas in Regno Chilensi Peruviano 1: 42.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf[permanent dead link]

Chase, Mark Wayne & Williams, Norris Hagan. 2008. Lindleyana; Scientific Journal of the American Orchid Society 21(3): 27-30.

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 248 ff. Oxford University Press.