Frondaria

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: Frondaria
Overview of species (3)

F. caulescens – F. colombiana – F. graminea
Name

Frondaria Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 15: 29 (1986)
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
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. 1986. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 15: 29.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 359 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Frondaria. Accessed: 2022 Jan 6.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Frondaria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 6. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Frondaria in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 6. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Frondaria. 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 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Frondaria. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jan 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Frondaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

кырык мары: Фрондари

Frondaria caulescens is a species of orchid and the sole species of the genus Frondaria. The species is found at high altitudes from central Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.[1] It is unique because of its leaflike sheaths of the ramicauls.

It is nearly impossible to maintain this species in cultivation.
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Luer, C.A. (1986) Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 15: 29.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 359 ff. Oxford University Press.