Bifrenaria

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Bifrenaria']

مصرى: بيفريناريا
suomi: Lehokämmekät
перем коми: Бифренария
коми: Бифренария
мокшень: Бифренария
олык марий: Бифренарий
кырык мары: Бифренари
svenska: Bifrenariasläktet
удмурт: Бифренария
中文: 双柄兰属, 二缰兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 双柄兰属
中文（臺灣）: 雙柄蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Maxillariinae • Genus: Bifrenaria Lindl. (1832)

Genus Bifrenaria Lindl. (1832)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Colax Lindl. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 727 (1826) Adipe Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 101 (1837) Stenocoryne Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29 (Misc.): 53 (1843) Cydoniorchis Senghas, J. Orchideen fr. 1: 11 (1994)

21 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 12 March 2021):
B. atropurpurea, B. aureofulva, B. calcarata, B. charlesworthii, B. clavigera, B. grandis, B. harrisoniae, B. inodora, B. leucorhoda, B. longicornis, B. mellicolor, B. racemosa, B. silvana, B. stefanae, B. steyermarkii, B. tetragona, B. tyrianthina, B. venezuelana, B. verboonenii, B. vitellina, B. wittigii

Included species (for Tropicos, 12 March 2021):

B. albiflora, B. atropurpurea, B. aurantiaca, B. aurea, B. aureofulva, B. bella, B. bicornaria, B. calcarata, B. caparaoensis, B. charlesworthii, B. chloroleuca, B. clavigera, B. dallemagnei, B. floribunda, B. fragrans, B. fuerstenbergiana, B. grandis, B. hadwenii, B. harrisoniae, B. inodora, B. leucopetala, B. leucorhoda, B. leucorrhoda, B. lindmaniana, B. longicornis, B. magnicalcarata, B. maguirei, B. melanopoda, B. mellicolor, B. minuta, B. parthonii, B. parvula, B. petiolaris, B. pickiana, B. picta, B. purpurascens, B. racemosa, B. sabulosa, B. saxicola, B. secunda, B. silvana, B. stefanae, B. steyermarkii, B. tetragona, B. tyrianthina, B. venezuelana, B. verboonenii, B. villosula, B. vinosa, B. vitellina, B. wageneri, B. wendlandiana, B. wittigii
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Bifrenaria atropurpurea Lindl. (1832)

Bifrenaria atropurpurea
Type species
Bifrenaria aureofulva
Bifrenaria calcarata
Bifrenaria charlesworthii
Bifrenaria clavigera
Bifrenaria harrisoniae
Bifrenaria inodora
Bifrenaria leucorhoda
Bifrenaria longicornis
Bifrenaria mellicolor
Bifrenaria racemosa
Bifrenaria silvana
Bifrenaria stefanae
Bifrenaria steyermarkii
Bifrenaria tetragona
Bifrenaria tyrianthina
Bifrenaria venezuelana
Bifrenaria verboonenii
Bifrenaria vitellina
Bifrenaria wittigii

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Bifrenaria

Southern America
- Caribbean
  - Trinidad-Tobago.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.

References

Description of taxon

Lindley, J. (1832) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 152.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 126 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198507130

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Bifrenaria.