Embreea

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: Embreea
Overview of species (2)

E. herrenhusana – E. rodigasiana
Name

Embreea Dodson, Phytologia 46: 389 (1980)

Type species: Embreea rodigasiana Claess. ex Cogn.) Dodson, Phytologia 46: 389 (1980)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Western South America
Colombia, Ecuador,

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

Dodson, C.H. 1980. Phytologia 46(6): 389.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 411 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Embreea. Accessed: 2022 Jan 9.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Embreea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 9. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Embreea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 9. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Embreea. 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 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Embreea. Published online. Accessed: 9 Jan 2022.
Photo collections of Embreea from Botanical Garden Munich
Tropicos.org 2022. Embreea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

Embreea is a genus of orchids native to Colombia and Ecuador. The genus Embreea is abbreviated as Emb in horticultural trade. There at present (June 2014) two recognized species:[1]

Embreea herrenhusana (Jenny) Jenny (2002) - Ecuador (syn Embreea rodigasiana var. herrenhusana Jenny (2001))
Embreea rodigasiana (Claes ex Cogn.) Dodson (1980) - Colombia (syn Stanhopea rodigasiana Claes ex Cogn. (1897))

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families