Teuscheria

Teuscheria is a genus of orchids native to southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America.[1][2][3][4][5] The genus is named for Henry Teuscher, an award-winning landscape artist and horticulturalist.[6]

Teuscheria
Teuscheria pickiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Maxillariinae
Genus: Teuscheria
Garay

Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]

  • Teuscheria archilae Chiron & Szlach. Guatemala
  • Teuscheria cornucopia Garay - Ecuador
  • Teuscheria desireei Archila - Guatemala
  • Teuscheria dodsonii Dressler - Ecuador
  • Teuscheria elegans Garay - Colombia
  • Teuscheria guatemalensis Archila, Chiron & Szlach. - Guatemala
  • Teuscheria horichiana Jenny & Braem - Costa Rica
  • Teuscheria integrilabia Dodson - Ecuador
  • Teuscheria pickiana (Schltr.) Garay - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Ecuador
  • Teuscheria wageneri (Rchb.f.) Garay - Costa Rica to W. Colombia, Venezuela to NE. Ecuador

Of these species, three were described from Guatemala in 2013. These are T. archilae, T. desireei and T. guatemalensis.[7] According to the protologue, T. archilae and T. guatemalensis occur in the wild in Guatemala, while the type and the description of T. desireei were based on material cultivated in Guatemala but probably native to Venezuela.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 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.
  3. Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
  4. Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii
  5. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  6. Neptune Designs Inc. The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia T-Z. Retrieved on 2009-04-01
  7. Archila, F., G.R. Chiron, & D. Szlachetko. 2013. Additions dans le genre Teuscheria (Orchidaceae, Bifrenariinae). Richardsoniana 13:257-266. (in French with abstracts in French, English and Spanish)
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