Draconanthes

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: Draconanthes
Overview of species (2)

D. aberrans – D. bufonis
Name

Draconanthes (Luer) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 61: 2 (1996)

Type species: Draconanthes aberrans (Schltr.) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 61: 3 (1996)

Synonymy

Basionym
Lepanthes subgen. Draconanthes Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. 15: 32. (1986)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

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

Luer, C.A. 1996. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 61(1): 2.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 347 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Draconanthes. Accessed: 2022 Jan 13.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Draconanthes in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 13. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Draconanthes in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 13. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Draconanthes. 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 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Draconanthes. Published online. Accessed: 13 Jan 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Draconanthes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names
Category:

Carlyle August Luer taxa

Draconanthes (from Greek, "dragon flower") is a genus of orchids, comprising two species. These have rigid, fleshy sepals and fleshy petals with a thick lip, and are borne on successively flowered racemes. One species is endemic to Ecuador, the other is found through the Andes at high elevations.

These two species were previously included in the genus Lepanthes.
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