Myoxanthus

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: Myoxanthus
Overview of species (49)

M. aciculifolius – M. affinis – M. antennifer – M. ceratothallis – M. cereus – M. chloe – M. cimex – M. colothrix – M. congestus – M. dasyllis – M. ephelis – M. epibator – M. eumeces – M. exasperatus – M. fimbriatus – M. frutex – M. georgei – M. gorgon – M. gyas – M. hirsuticaulis – M. hirtipes – M. hystrix – M. lonchophyllus – M. mejiae – M. melittanthus – M. merae – M. monophyllus – M. montanus – M. neillii – M. octomerioides – M. ortizianus – M. ovatipetalus – M. parvilabius – M. priapus – M. pulvinatus – M. punctatus – M. reymondii – M. ruschii – M. sarcodactylae – M. scandens – M. seidelii – M. serripetalus – M. simplicicaulis – M. sotoanus – M. speciosus – M. trachychlamys – M. uxorius – M. werneri – M. xiphion
Name

Myoxanthus Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 50 (1836)

Type species: Myoxanthus monophyllus Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 50 (1836)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Duboisia H.Karst., Allg. Gartenzeitung 15: 394 (1847), nom. illeg.
Dubois-Reymondia H.Karst., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 6: 397 (1848)
Chaetocephala Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 37 (1881)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Mexico
Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
Northern South America
Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.

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

Poeppig, E.F. & Endlicher, S.L. 1836. Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum 1: 50.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 370 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Myoxanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 February 25. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Myoxanthus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 February 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Myoxanthus. Published online. Accessed: 25 February 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Myoxanthus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 February 25.
Tropicos.org 2019. Myoxanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 February 2019.

Vernacular names

Myoxanthus (from Greek for "dormouse" and "flower") is a genus of orchids with about 50 species, widely distributed in Central and South America. This genus is a close ally of Pleurothallis.

The genera Chaetocephala Barb.Rodr., Dubois-Reymondia H.Karst., Duboisia H.Karst. and Reymondia H.Karst. & Kuntze have been included in Myoxanthus.
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