Lankesterella

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Spiranthinae
Genus: Lankesterella
Overview of species (11)

L. alainii – L. caespitosa – L. ceracifolia – L. glandula – L. gnomus – L. longicollis – L. orthantha – L. parvula – L. pilosa – L. salehi – L. spannageliana
Name

Lankesterella Ames, Schedul. Orchid. 4: 3 (1923)

Type species>: Lankesterella costaricensis Ames, Schedul. Orchid. 4: 4. 1923 (a synonym of Lankesterella orthantha (Kraenzl.) Garay, Caldasia 8: 521 (1962))

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Cladobium Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 431 (1920), nom. illeg.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica.
Caribbean
Cuba, Dominican Republic.
Northern South America
Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South.
Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.

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

References
Primary references

Ames, O. 1923. Additions to the orchid flora of Central America with observations on noteworthy species. Schedulae Orchidianae 4: 1–60. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 217 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
Salazar, G.A. & Dressler, R.L. 2011. The leaves got it right again: DNA phylogenetics supports a sister-group relationship between Eurostlyes and Lankesterella (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae), Lankesteriana 11(3): 337—347.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lankesterella (Orchidaceae). Accessed: 2021 Dec 27.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lankesterella in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 27. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lankesterella in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 27. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Lankesterella. 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 Dec 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lankesterella. Published online. Accessed: 27 Dec 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Lankesterella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 27.

Vernacular names

кырык мары: Ланкестерелла

Lankesterella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is found mostly in South America, with a few species extending north into Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.[1]

Species

Species currently recognized as of June 2014:

Lankesterella alainii Nir - Cuba, Dominican Republic
Lankesterella caespitosa (Lindl.) Hoehne - Venezuela, Brazil
Lankesterella ceracifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Mansf. - Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Lankesterella glandula Ackerman - Dominican Republic
Lankesterella gnomus (Kraenzl.) Hoehne - Brazil
Lankesterella longicollis (Cogn.) Hoehne - Brazil
Lankesterella orthantha (Kraenzl.) Garay - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Lankesterella parvula (Kraenzl.) Pabst - Rio de Janeiro
Lankesterella pilosa (Cogn.) Hoehne - Rio de Janeiro
Lankesterella salehi Pabst - Brazil
Lankesterella spannageliana (Hoehne & Brade) Mansf. - Rio de Janeiro