Ionopsis

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Oncidiinae
Genus: Ionopsis
Overview of species (6)

I. burchellii – I. minutiflora – I. papillosa – I. satyrioides – I. utricularioides – I. zebrina
Name

Ionopsis Kunth inF.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 348. (1816)

Type species: Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl., Coll. Bot.: t. 39A (1826)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Iantha Hook., Exot. Fl. 2: t. 113 (1824)
Cybelion Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 679 (1826)
Jantha Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 797 (1840), nom. illeg.
Konantzia Dodson & N.H.Williams, Phytologia 46: 387 (1980)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
Florida.
Mexico
Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
Caribbean
Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, 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

Kunth, C.S. 1816. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: 348, t. 83.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 281 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ionopsis. Accessed: 2021 Jun 4.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ionopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 4. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ionopsis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 4. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Ionopsis. 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 Jun 4. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Ionopsis. Published online. Accessed: 4 Jun 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Ionopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 4.

Vernacular names

English: Violet orchid
日本語: イオノプシス属
кырык мары: Ионопсис
русский: Ионопсис

Ionopsis (violet orchid)[2] is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 currently accepted species, native to Latin America, the West Indies, and Florida.[1][3][4]

Ionopsis burchellii Rchb.f. - Brazil
Ionopsis minutiflora (Dodson & N.H.Williams) Pupulin - Ecuador
Ionopsis papillosa Pupulin - Ecuador
Ionopsis satyrioides (Sw.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - widespread across southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America
Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl. - widespread across southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, South America, and Florida
Ionopsis zebrina Kraenzl. - Colombia