Lyroglossa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Spiranthinae
Genus: Lyroglossa
Overview of species (2)

L. grisebachii – L. pubicaulis
Name

Lyroglossa Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 448 (1920)

Type species: Lyroglossa grisebachii (Cogn.) Schltr. (1921)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Mexico
Mexico Gulf.
Southern America
Central America
Belize.
Caribbean
Trinidad-Tobago.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Colombia,
Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South.
Southern South America
Paraguay.

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

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 219 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
Schlechter, F.R.R. 1920. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt. Zweite Abteilung 37(2, Heft 3): 448–449.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lyroglossa. Accessed: 2021 Dec 27.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lyroglossa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 27. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lyroglossa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 27. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Lyroglossa. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lyroglossa. Published online. Accessed: 27 Dec 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Lyroglossa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 27.

Vernacular names

Lyroglossa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two known species, native to the American tropics:

Lyroglossa grisebachii (Cogn.) Schltr. - Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad
Lyroglossa pubicaulis (L.O.Williams) Garay - Veracruz, Belize

See also

List of Orchidaceae genera

References

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart