Pescatoria

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Pescatoria
Overview of species (23)

P. backhousiana – P. cerina – P. cochlearis – P. coelestis – P. coronaria – P. dayana – P. dormaniana – P. ecuadorana – P. fimbriata – P. hemixantha – P. hirtzii – P. klabochorum – P. lalindei – P. lamellosa – P. lawrenceana – P. lehmannii – P. pulvinaris – P. russeliana – P. schroederiana – P. triumphans – P. violacea – P. wallisii – P. whitei
Nothospecies: (3)

P. × bella – P. × gairiana – P. × pallens
Name

Pescatoria Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 667 (1852)

Type species: Pescatoria cerina (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 667 (1852)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Bollea Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 667 (1852)
Pescatorea Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1869: 710 (1869), orth. var.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Brazil
Brazil North.
Central America
Costa Rica, Panamá.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Colombia, Ecuador, Peruy.

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

Reichenbach, H.G. 1852. Botanische Zeitung. Berlin 10: 667.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 521 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Additional references

Harding, P.A. (2008) Huntleyas and Related Orchids. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pescatoria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 August 17. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pescatoria in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 August 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Pescatoria. Published online. Accessed: 17 August 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Pescatoria in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 August 17.
Tropicos.org 2019. Pescatoria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 August 2019.

Vernacular names

Pescatoria is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.[1]

Species

The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:[1]

Pescatoria backhousiana Rchb.f. - Ecuador
Pescatoria × bella Rchb.f. - Colombia (P. coelestis × P. klabochorum)
Pescatoria cerina (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f. - Costa Rica, Panama
Pescatoria cochlearis Rolfe - Ecuador
Pescatoria coelestis (Rchb.f.) Dressler - Colombia
Pescatoria coronaria Rchb.f. - Colombia
Pescatoria dayana Rchb.f. - Colombia, Ecuador
Pescatoria dormaniana Rchb.f. - Colombia
Pescatoria ecuadorana (Dodson) Dressler - Ecuador
Pescatoria fimbriata Regel - Colombia
Pescatoria × gairiana Rchb.f. - Ecuador (P. klabochorum × P. lawrenceana)
Pescatoria hemixantha (Rchb.f.) Dressler - Roraima, Guyana, Venezuela, possibly Suriname
Pescatoria hirtzii (Waldv.) Dressler - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Pescatoria klabochorum Rchb.f. - Ecuador
Pescatoria lalindei (Rchb.f.) Dressler ex P.A.Harding - Colombia
Pescatoria lamellosa Rchb.f. - Colombia
Pescatoria lawrenceana (Rchb.f.) Dressler - Colombia, Ecuador
Pescatoria lehmannii Rchb.f. - Ecuador
Pescatoria × pallens (Rchb.f.) P.A.Harding - Colombia
Pescatoria pulvinaris (Rchb.f.) Dressler - Colombia
Pescatoria russeliana Rchb.f. - Colombia
Pescatoria schroederiana (Sander) Rolfe - Colombia
Pescatoria triumphans Rchb.f. & Warsz. - Colombia
Pescatoria violacea (Lindl.) Dressler - Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, northern Brazil
Pescatoria wallisii Linden & Rchb.f. - Ecuador
Pescatoria whitei (Rolfe) Dressler - Colombia