Tolumnia

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: Tolumnia
Overview of species (27)

T. acunae – T. arizajuliana – T. bahamensis – T. calochila – T. caribensis – T. compressicaulis – T. gauntlettii – T. guianensis – T. guibertiana – T. gundlachii – T. guttata – T. haitiensis – T. hawkesiana – T. henekenii – T. lemoniana – T. lucayana – T. prionochila – T. pulchella – T. quadriloba – T. sasseri – T. scandens – T. sylvestris – T. triquetra – T. tuerckheimii – T. urophylla – T. usneoides – T. variegata
Nothospecies: (3)

T. × ann-hadderae – T. × domingensis – T. × floride-phillipsiae
Name

Tolumnia Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 101 (1837)

Type species: Tolumnia pulchella (Hook.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 101 (1837)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Olgasis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 51 (1837)
Xaritonia Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 9 (1838)
Antillanorchis (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Garay, Bradea 1: 423 (1974)
Hispaniella Braem, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 31: 144 (1980)
Jamaiciella Braem, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 31: 120 (1980)
Braasiella Braem, Lückel & Rüssmann, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 35: 115 (1984)
Gudrunia Braem, Schlechteriana 4: 24 (1993)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
Florida.
Mexico
Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
Central America
Belize, Guatemala.
Caribbean
Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela.
Western South America
Colombia.

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

References
Primary references

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 370 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.S. 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 101.

Additional references

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012) Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1–1192.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Tolumnia. Accessed: 2021 Aug 24.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Tolumnia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 24. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Tolumnia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 24. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Tolumnia. 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 Aug 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Tolumnia. Published online. Accessed: 24 Aug 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Tolumnia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 24.

Vernacular names

English: Dancing-lady orchid
перем коми: Толумния
коми: Толумния
кырык мары: Толумни
русский: Толумния
удмурт: Толумния

Tolumnia (abbreviated Tolu.[2]), is a genus in the family Orchidaceae. Previously known as the "equitant oncidiums," the species were segregated from the mega-genus Oncidium by Guido Braem in 1986. Dancing-lady orchid is a common name for some species in this genus.[3]

Description

The plants are small, usually epiphytic, with small or absent pseudobulbs completely covered by leaves, which are triangular or circular in cross section and overlap each other at base to resemble a fan. The inflorescences arise between the leaf base and bear colorful, showy flowers. The labella are large, ornamented by variously shaped calli. The column bears prominent wings flanking the stigma. The genus is primarily native to the Greater Antilles, with a few species extending into Florida, the Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Central America and northern South America (from Colombia to French Guiana).[1]
Species

Tolumnia arizajuliana (Withner & J.Jiménez Alm.) Ackerman, 1997
Tolumnia bahamensis (Nash) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia calochila (Cogn.) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia compressicaulis (Withner) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia gauntlettii (Withner & Jesup) Nir, 1994
Tolumnia guianensis (Aubl.) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia guibertiana (A.Rich.) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia gundlachii (C.Wright ex Griseb.) N.H.Williams & Ackerman, 2007
Tolumnia guttata (L.) Nir, 1994
Tolumnia haitiensis (Leonard & Ames) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia hawkesiana (Moir) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia henekenii (Schomburgk ex Lindl.) Nir, 1994
Tolumnia leiboldi (Rchb. f.) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia lucayana (Nash) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia pulchella (Hook.) Rafinesque, 1837
Tolumnia quadriloba (Schweinf.) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia scandens (Moir) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia sylvestris (Lindl.) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia triquetra (Sw.) Nir, 1994
Tolumnia tuerckheimii (Cogn.) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia urophylla (Loddiges ex Lindl.) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia usneoides (Lindl.) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia variegata (Sw.) Braem, 1986
Tolumnia velutina (Lindl. & Paxton) Braem, 1986

Synonyms

Tolumnia acunae (M. A. Diaz) Nir, 2000 (synonym of: Tolumnia tuerckheimii (Cogn.) Braem, 198)
Tolumnia borinquensis Sauleda & Ragan, 1996 (synonym of: Tolumnia variegata (Sw.) Braem, 1986)
Tolumnia caymanensis (Moir) Braem, 1986 (synonym of: Tolumnia leiboldii (Rchb.f.) Braem, 1986)
Tolumnia lemoniana ssp. lemoniana Braem, 1986 (synonym of: Tolumnia guianensis (Aubl.) Braem, 1986)
Tolumnia tetrapetala (Jacq.) Braem, 1986 (synonym of Tolumnia guttata (L.) Nir, 1994 )

Hybrids

This list is incomplete.

Hybrids of Tolumnia with orchids in other genera are placed in the following nothogenera:[4]

Aspaleomnia (Alm.) = Tolumnia × Aspasia × Leochilus
Bramiltumnia (Bmt.) = Tolumnia × Brassia × Miltonia
Cochlumnia (Ccl.) = Tolumnia × Cochlioda
Comparumnia (Cmr.) = Tolumnia × Comparettia
Cuitlumnia (Ctn.) = Tolumnia × Cuitlauzina
Golumnia (Glm.) = Tolumnia × Gomesa
Tolucentrum (Tun.) = Tolumnia × Trichocentrum
Toluglossum (Tgl.) = Tolumnia × Odontoglossum
Tolumnopsis (Tmp.) = Tolumnia × Miltoniopsis
Tolutonia (Tut.) = Tolumnia × Miltonia

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names, RHS, 2017. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/plant-registration-forms/orchid-name-abbreviations-list.pdf
"Tolumnia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

"Tolumnia | International Plant Names Index".

Nir, M. Orchidaceae Antillanae, 94–97, 2000.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : World Checklist of Monocotyledons