Ornithocephalus

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: Ornithocephalus
Overview of species (56)

O. alfredoi – O. archilarum – O. aristatus – O. aurorae – O. bicornis – O. biloborostratus – O. bonitensis – O. brachyceras – O. brachystachyus – O. bryostachyus – O. cascajalensis – O. castelfrancoi – O. caveroi – O. ciliatus – O. cochleariformis – O. cryptanthus – O. cujetifolia – O. dalstroemii – O. dodsonii – O. dolabratus – O. dressleri – O. dunstervillei – O. ecuadorensis – O. escobarianus – O. estradae – O. falcatus – O. garayi – O. gladiatus – O. grex-anserinus – O. hoppii – O. inflexus – O. iridifolius – O. kalbreyerianus – O. lankesteri – O. lehmannii – O. leslie-garayi – O. longilabris – O. manabina – O. micranthus – O. minimiflorus – O. montealegreae – O. myrticola – O. numenius – O. obergiae – O. oberonioides – O. patentilobus – O. polyodon – O. powellii – O. suarezii – O. torresii – O. tripterus – O. tsubotae – O. urceilabris – O. valerioi – O. vasquezii – O. zamoranus
Name

Ornithocephalus Hook., Exot. Fl. 2: t. 127 (1824)

Type species: Ornithocephalus gladiatus Hook., Exot. Fl. 2: t. 127 (1824)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Sphyrastylis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 194 (1920)
Oakes-Amesia C.Schweinf. & P.H.Allen, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 13: 133 (1948)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Mexico
Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
Caribbean
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 North, Brazil South.

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

Hooker, W.J. 1824. Exotic Flora 2: t. 127.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 314 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ornithocephalus (Orchidaceae). Accessed: 2021 Jun 12.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ornithocephalus 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 12. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ornithocephalus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 12. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Ornithocephalus. 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 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Ornithocephalus. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jun 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Ornithocephalus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 12.

Vernacular names

перем коми: Орнитоцефалус
коми: Орнитоцефалус
кырык мары: Орнитоцефалус
удмурт: Орнитоцефалус

Ornithocephalus is a genus of orchids comprising more than 50 known species widespread in South America, Central America, Southern Mexico, Trinidad and the Windward Islands.[1][2]

Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]

Ornithocephalus alfredoi Archila & Chiron
Ornithocephalus archilarum Chiron
Ornithocephalus aristatus Pupulin & Dressler
Ornithocephalus aurorae D.E.Benn. & Christenson
Ornithocephalus bicornis Lindl. in G.Bentham
Ornithocephalus biloborostratus Salazar & R.González
Ornithocephalus bonitensis (Dodson) Toscano
Ornithocephalus brachyceras G.A.Romero & Carnevali
Ornithocephalus brachystachyus Schltr.
Ornithocephalus bryostachyus Schltr.
Ornithocephalus cascajalensis Archila
Ornithocephalus castelfrancoi Pupulin
Ornithocephalus caveroi D.E.Benn. & Christenson
Ornithocephalus ciliatus Lindl.
Ornithocephalus cochleariformis C.Schweinf.
Ornithocephalus cryptanthus (C.Schweinf. & P.H.Allen) Toscano & Dressler.
Ornithocephalus cujeticola Barb.Rodr.
Ornithocephalus dalstroemii (Dodson) Toscano & Dressler
Ornithocephalus dodsonii R.Vásquez & T.Krömer
Ornithocephalus dolabratus Rchb.f.
Ornithocephalus dressleri (Toscano) Toscano & Dressler
Ornithocephalus dunstervillei Toscano & Carnevali
Ornithocephalus ecuadorensis (Garay) Toscano & Dressler
Ornithocephalus escobarianus (Garay) Toscano & Dressler
Ornithocephalus estradae Dodson
Ornithocephalus falcatus Focke
Ornithocephalus garayi (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Toscano & Dressler
Ornithocephalus gladiatus Hook.
Ornithocephalus grex-anserinus Dressler & Mora-Ret.
Ornithocephalus hoppii (Schltr.) Toscano & Dressler
Ornithocephalus inflexus Lindl.
Ornithocephalus iridifolius Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Ornithocephalus kalbreyerianus Kraenzl.
Ornithocephalus lankesteri Ames
Ornithocephalus lehmannii Schltr.
Ornithocephalus longilabris Schltr.
Ornithocephalus manabina Dodson
Ornithocephalus micranthus Schltr.
Ornithocephalus minimiflorus Senghas
Ornithocephalus montealegreae Pupulin
Ornithocephalus myrticola Lindl.
Ornithocephalus numenius Toscano & Dressler
Ornithocephalus obergiae Soto Arenas
Ornithocephalus oberonioides (Schltr.) Toscano & Dressler
Ornithocephalus patentilobus C.Schweinf.
Ornithocephalus polyodon Rchb.f.
Ornithocephalus powellii Schltr.
Ornithocephalus suarezii Dodson
Ornithocephalus torresii Salazar & Soto Arenas
Ornithocephalus tripterus Schltr.
Ornithocephalus tsubotae (P.Ortiz) Toscano & Dressler
Ornithocephalus urceilabris (P.Ortiz & R.Escobar) Toscano & Dressler
Ornithocephalus valerioi Ames & C.Schweinf.
Ornithocephalus vasquezii Dodson
Ornithocephalus zamoranus Dodson

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.