Kegeliella

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: Kegeliella
Overview of species (4)

K. atropilosa – K. houtteana – K. kupperi – K. orientalis
Name

Kegeliella Mansf., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 60 (1934)

Type species: Kegeliella houtteana (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams (1942)

Synonymy

Basionym
Kegelia Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 670 (1852), nom. illeg.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Mexico
Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest.
Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.
Caribbean
Trinidad-Tobago.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Colombia.
Brazil
Brazil North.

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

Mansfeld, R. 1934. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 36(936–941): 60.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 422 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Kegeliella. Accessed: 2022 Feb 12.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Kegeliella in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 12. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Kegeliella in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 12. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Kegeliella. 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 Feb 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Kegeliella. Published online. Accessed: 12 Feb 2022.
Photo collections of Kegeliella from Botanical Garden Munich
Tropicos.org 2022. Kegeliella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Feb 2022.

Vernacular names

перем коми: Кегелиелла
коми: Кегелиелла
кырык мары: Кегелиелла
удмурт: Кегелиелла

Kegeliella is a genus of orchids native to Mesoamerica, Trinidad, and northern South America.[3][4][5]

Species[1]

Kegeliella atropilosa - Veracruz to Panama
Kegeliella houtteana - Trinidad, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Amapá
Kegeliella kupperi - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
Kegeliella orientalis - Venezuela

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Tropicos search for Kegelia
Mansfeld, Rudolf. 1934. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 36(936–941): 60
The Plant List
Pupulin, F. 2002. Catálogo revisado y anotado de las Orchidaceae de Costa Rica. Lankesteriana 4: 1–88.