Phloeophila

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: Phloeophila
Overview of species (11)

P. alphonsiana – P. carrilloi – P. cunabulum – P. cymbula – P. dasyglossa – P. doucetteana – P. nummularia – P. pelecaniceps – P. peperomioides – P. pleurothallopsis – P. ursula
Name

Phloeophila Hoehne & Schltr., Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 199 (1926)

Type species: Phloeophila nummularia (Rchb.f.) Garay, Orquideologia 9: 118 (1974)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Luerella Braas, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 30: 108 (1979)
Ophidion Luer, Selbyana 7: 79 (1982)
Incaea Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105: 87 (2006)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama.
Caribbean
Cuba.
Northern South America
Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador.
Brazil
Brazil Southeast.

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

Hoehne, F.C. & Schlechter, F.R.R. 1926. Archivos de Botânica do São Paulo 1(3): 199–201.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 381 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Additional references

Luer, C.A. (2006) Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXVIII. A reconsideration of Masdevallia, systematics of Specklinia and vegetatively similar taxa (Orchidaceae).

Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 105: 1–281.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Phloeophila in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 10. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Phloeophila in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Phloeophila. Published online. Accessed: 10 June 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Phloeophila in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 10.
Tropicos.org 2019. Phloeophila. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 June 2019.

Vernacular names

Phloeophila is a genus of orchids belonging to the tribe Pleurothallidinae. While an initial molecular phylogeny in 2013 suggested that the type species of the genus (Phloeophila nummularia) was nested within Pabstiella, further sampling showed that it in fact belongs to a unique clade distant from Pabstiella, forming the current basis of the genus.[1]
Species

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of February 2021:[2]

Phloeophila alphonsiana L.E.Matthews
Phloeophila carrilloi (P.Ortiz) Pfahl
Phloeophila cunabulum (Luer & R.Escobar) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Phloeophila cymbula (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Phloeophila dasyglossa (Luer & R.Escobar) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Phloeophila doucetteana L.E.Matthews
Phloeophila nummularia (Rchb.f.) Garay
Phloeophila pelecaniceps (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Phloeophila peperomioides (Ames) Garay
Phloeophila pleurothallopsis (Kraenzl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Phloeophila ursula (Luer & Hirtz) Luer

References

Chiron, Guy R.; Karremans, Adam P.; van den Berg, Cassio (2016). "Nomenclatural notes in the Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae): Phloeophila". Phytotaxa. 270 (1). doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.270.1.6.
"Phloeophila". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kews. 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.