Dilomilis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Dilomilis
Overview of species (5)

D. bissei – D. elata – D. montana – D. oligophylla – D. scirpoidea
Name

Dilomilis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 43 (1838)

Type species: Dilomilis montana (Sw.) Summerh., Taxon 10: 253 (1961)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Octadesmia Benth., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 311 (1881)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.

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

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 341 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.
Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.S. 1838 ("1836"). Flora Telluriana. Pars 4. 135 pp., Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 43.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Dilomilis. Accessed: 2022 Jan 16.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dilomilis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 16. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dilomilis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 16. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Dilomilis. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Dilomilis. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jan 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Dilomilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

мокшень: Диломилис
кырык мары: Диломилис

Dilomilis is a genus of orchids, (family Orchidaceae), consisting of five species in the Greater Antilles.[1]

The genus is named for its bicallose lip.

Dilomilis bissei H.Dietr. - Cuba
Dilomilis elata (Benth.) Summerh. - Cuba, Jamaica
Dilomilis montana (Sw.) Summerh. - Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico
Dilomilis oligophylla (Schltr.) Summerh. - Cuba
Dilomilis scirpoidea (Schltr.) Summerh. - Dominican Republic

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Nir, M. Orchidaceae Antillanae, 94–97, 2000.