Dryadella

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Dryadella
Overview of species (60)

D. albicans – D. ana-paulae – D. ataleiensis – D. aurea – D. auriculigera – D. aviceps – D. barrowii – D. butcheri – D. cardosoi – D. clavellata – D. crassicaudata – D. crenulata – D. cristata – D. cuspidata – D. dodsonii – D. dressleri – D. edwallii – D. elata – D. espirito-santensis – D. fuchsii – D. gnoma – D. gomes-ferreirae – D. greenwoodiana – D. guatemalensis – D. hirtzii – D. kautskyi – D. krenakiana – D. lilliputiana – D. linearifolia – D. litoralis – D. lueriana – D. marilyniana – D. marsupiata – D. meiracyllium – D. minuscula – D. mocoana – D. nasuta – D. nortonii – D. odontostele – D. osmariniana – D. pachyrhiza – D. perpusilla – D. pusiola – D. rodrigoi – D. sapucaiensis – D. simula – D. sororcula – D. speculifera – D. sublata – D. summersii – D. susanae – D. toscanoi – D. vasquezii – D. verrucosa – D. vitorinoi – D. werneri – D. wuerstlei – D. xavieriana – D. yupanki – D. zebrina
Name

Dryadella [[Carlyle August Luer|]], Selbyana 2: 207 (1978)

Type species: Dryadella elata (Luer) Luer, Selbyana 2: 208 (1978)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Trigonanthe (Schltr.) Brieger, Schlechter, Die Orchideen 7(25-28): 448 (1975), nom. illeg.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Mexico
Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
Northern South America
Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
Southern South America
Paraguay.

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

Leur, C.A. (1978) Selbyana 2(2–3): 207.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 354 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Additional references

Luer, C.A. (2005) Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXVII. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 103: 1–311.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Dryadella. Accessed: 2022 Jan 12.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dryadella in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 12. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dryadella in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 12. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Dryadella. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Dryadella. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jan 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Dryadella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

Dryadella is a genus of miniature orchids, formerly included in the genus Masdevallia. Plants are typically composed of a tuft of leaves from 3 to 6 cm long. The small (1–2 cm) flowers are often conspicuously spotted, and are borne at the base of the leaves. There are about 60 species,[1] distributed from southern Mexico to southern Brazil and northern Argentina. In cultivation many of the species seem to respond well to being grown on cork or treefern rather than in pots. The attractive species Dryadella edwallii, commonly known as 'Partridge in the Grass' can be easily grown into a spectacular specimen plant, full of flowers. The genus name of Dryadella refers to Dryad, a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek mythology.[2]

Range of distribution

They are found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico , Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.[1]
List of species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online (Feb. 2022);[1]

Dryadella albicans (Luer) Luer (1978)
Dryadella ana-paulae V.P.Castro (2004)
Dryadella ataleiensis Campacci
Dryadella aurea Luer & Hirtz (1999)
Dryadella auriculigera (Rchb.f.) Luer (1978)
Dryadella aviceps (Rchb.f.) Luer (1978)
Dryadella barrowii Luer (2005)
Dryadella butcheri Luer (1999)
Dryadella cardosoi Campacci & J.B.F.Silva
Dryadella clavellata Luer & Hirtz (2005)
Dryadella crassicaudata Luer (2005)
Dryadella crenulata (Pabst) Luer (1978)
Dryadella cristata Luer & R.Escobar (1982)
Dryadella cuspidata Luer & Hirtz (1999)
Dryadella dodsonii Luer (1999)
Dryadella dressleri Luer (1999)
Dryadella edwallii (Cogn.) Luer (1978)
Dryadella elata (Luer) Luer (1978)
Dryadella espirito-santensis (Pabst) Luer (1978)
Dryadella fuchsii Luer (1999)
Dryadella gnoma (Luer) Luer (1978)
Dryadella gomes-ferreirae (Pabst) Luer (1978)
Dryadella greenwoodiana Soto Arenas (2002)
Dryadella guatemalensis (Schltr.) Luer (1978)
Dryadella hirtzii Luer (1980)
Dryadella kautskyi (Pabst) Luer (1978)
Dryadella lilliputiana (Cogn.) Luer (1978)
Dryadella linearifolia (Ames) Luer (1978)
Dryadella litoralis Campacci (2007)
Dryadella lueriana Carnevali & G.A.Romero (1991)
Dryadella marilyniana Luer (2006)
Dryadella marsupiata Luer (1982)
Dryadella meiracyllium (Rchb.f.) Luer (1978)
Dryadella minuscula Luer & R.Escobar (1978)
Dryadella mocoana Luer & R.Escobar (2005)
Dryadella nasuta Luer & Hirtz (2005)
Dryadella nortonii Luer (2005)
Dryadella odontostele Luer (1996)
Dryadella osmariniana (Braga) Garay & Dunst. (1979)
Dryadella pachyrhiza Luer & Hirtz (1999)
Dryadella perpusilla (Kraenzl.) Luer (1978)
Dryadella pusiola (Rchb.f.) Luer (1978)
Dryadella rodrigoi Luer (1999)
Dryadella sapucaiensis Campacci & S.L.X.Tobias
Dryadella simula (Rchb.f.) Luer (1978)
Dryadella sororcula Luer (1996)
Dryadella speculifera Vierling
Dryadella sublata Luer & J.Portilla (2005)
Dryadella summersii (L.O.Williams) Luer (1978)
Dryadella susanae (Pabst) Luer (1978)
Dryadella toscanoi Luer (2005)
Dryadella vasquezii Luer (2005)
Dryadella verrucosa Luer & R.Escobar (1999)
Dryadella vitorinoi Luer & Toscano (2002)
Dryadella werneri Luer (2001)
Dryadella wuerstlei Luer (2005)
Dryadella xavieriana Campacci & C.R.M.Silva
Dryadella yupanki (Luer & R.Vásquez) Karremans (2016)
Dryadella zebrina (Porsch) Luer (1978)

References

"Dryadella Luer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.