Isochilus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Ponerinae
Genus: Isochilus
Overview of species (14)

I. sochilus – I. alatus – I. aurantiacus – I. bracteatus – I. carnosiflorus – I. chiriquensis – I. langlassei – I. latibracteatus – I. linearis – I. major – I. oaxacanus – I. pitalensis – I. smithii – I. unilateralis
Name

Isochilus R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 209 (1813)

Type species: Isochilus linearis (Jacq.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 209 (1813)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Leptothrium Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 340 (1816), pro syn.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Mexico
Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, 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, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South.
Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay.

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

Brown, R. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 209.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 426 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Isochilus. Accessed: 2021 Dec 30.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Isochilus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 30. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Isochilus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Isochilus. 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 online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Isochilus. Published online. Accessed: 30 Dec 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Isochilus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Dec 2021.

Vernacular names

перем коми: Исохилус
коми: Исохилус
кырык мары: Исохилус
удмурт: Исохилус

Isochilus is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) with 13 recognized[1] species. They are lowland epiphytes mainly found in Central America, from Cuba and Mexico to Argentina.

Characteristics of this genus include slender canelike stems with narrow distichous flat leaves and small sessile tube flowers carried at the tip of the cane.
Species

I. alatus
I. amparoanus, syn. I. chiriquensis
I. aurantiacus
I. bracteatus
I. brasiliensis, syn. I. linearis
I. carnosiflorus
I. cernuus, syn. Jacquiniella cernua
I. chiriquensis
I. crassiflorus, syn. I. carnosifloruu
I. dubius, syn. Scaphyglottis livida
I. elegans, syn. Dimerandra elegans
I. fusiformis, syn. Epidendrum fusiforme
I. globosus, syn. Jacquiniella globosa
I. graminifolius, syn. Maxillariella graminifolia
I. graminoides, syn. Dichaea graminoides
I. grandiflorum
I. grandiflorus, syn. Maxillariella cassapensis
I. lancifolius
I. langlassei
I. latibracteatus
I. leucanthus, syn I. linearis
I. linearis
I. linifolius, syn Elleanthus linifolius
I. lividus, syn. Scaphyglottis livida
I. major
I. oaxacanus
I. pauciflorus, syn. Scaphyglottis dunstervillei
I. peruvianus, syn. I. linearis
I. pitalensis
I prolifer
I. proliferus, syn. Scaphyglottis prolifera
I. proliferum
I. ramosus, syn. Epidendrum ramosum
I. smithii
I. teretifolius, syn. Jacquiniella teretifolia
I. unilateralis

References

Search for Isocholus on http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do on Oct. 3, 2010