Wullschlaegelia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Calypsoeae
Genus: Wullschlaegelia
Species: (2)
W. aphylla – W. calcarata
Name

Wullschlaegelia Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 131 (1863)

Type species: Wullschlaegelia aphylla (Sw.) Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 131 (1863)

References

Reichenbach, H.G. (1863) Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 21(16): 131.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 111 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Wullschlaegelia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Feb. 1. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2013. Wullschlaegelia in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 May 18.
Tropicos.org 2013. Wullschlaegelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Feb. 1.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Wullschlaegelia. Published online. Accessed: 1. Feb. 2013.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Vernacular names
перем коми: Вулшлегелия
коми: Вулшлегелия
кырык мары: Вулшлегели
удмурт: Вулшлегелия

Wullschlaegelia is a genus of orchids, (family Orchidaceae), consisting of two species in the Caribbean Islands and to much of Latin America from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. These are myco-heterotrophic plants, lacking chlorophyll and subsisting entirely on nutrients obtained from soil fungi.[2][3][4] The genus has previously been included in the tribe Calypsoeae, but is now included as the only genus in the tribe Wullschlaegelieae, pending further study.[5]

Wullschlaegelia aphylla (Sw.) Rchb. - West indies, Mexico, Central America, much of South America
Wullschlaegelia calcarata Benth. - Central America, West Indies, northern South America

The genus is named for botanist Heinrich Wullschlägel.
References

Alfred Cogniaux (1841 - 1916) - von Martius, Eichler, Urban: "Flora Brasiliensis" vol. 3 pt. 4 tab. 57 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/137045)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Nir, M. Orchidaceae Antillanae, 399-400, 2000
Chase, Mark W.; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Freudenstein, John V.; Pridgeon, Alec M.; Salazar, Gerardo; van den Berg, Cássio; Schuiteman, André (2015). "An updated classification of Orchidaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 151–174. doi:10.1111/boj.12234. ISSN 0024-4074.