Miltonia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Oncidiinae
Genus: Miltonia
Overview of species (12)

M. altairiana – M. candida – M. clowesii – M. cuneata – M. flava – M. flavescens – M. kayasimae – M. moreliana – M. phymatochila – M. regnellii – M. russelliana – M. spectabilis
Nothospecies: (8)

M. × binotii – M. × bluntii – M. × cogniauxiae – M. × cyrtochiloides – M. × lamarckeana – M. × leucoglossa – M. × peetersiana – M. × rosina
Name

Miltonia Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1976 (1837)

Type species: Miltonia spectabilis Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1976 (1837)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Macrochilus Knowles & Westc., Fl. Cab. 1: 93 (1837)
Gynizodon Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 40 (1838)
Anneliesia Brieger & Lückel, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 34: 129 (1983)
Phymatochilum Christenson, Richardiana 5: 195 (2005)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela.
Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South.
Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.

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

Lindley, J. 1837. Edward's Botanical Register, 23: t. 1976.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 296 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Miltonia. Accessed: 2021 Jun 7.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Miltonia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 7. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Miltonia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 7. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Miltonia. 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 Jun 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Miltonia. Published online. Accessed: 7 Jun 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Miltonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 7.

Vernacular names

English: Pansy orchids
magyar: árvácskaorchidea
перем коми: Мильтония
коми: Мильтония
lietuvių: Miltonija
кырык мары: Мильтони
پنجابی: ملٹونیا
русский: Мильтония
удмурт: Мильтония