Chysis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Chysis']

مصرى: تشيسيس
български: хизис
suomi: Sukkulakämmekät
hrvatski: Hiziz
перем коми: Хисис
коми: Хисис
мокшень: Хисис
олык марий: Хисис
кырык мары: Хисис
русский: Хизис
удмурт: Хисис
中文: 合粉兰属

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Chysinae • Genus: Chysis Lindl. (1837)

Genus Chysis Lindl. (1837)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Thorvaldsenia Liebm., Bot. Not. 1844: 103 (1844)

13 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 9 May 2021):
C. addita, C. archilae, C. aurea, C. bractescens, C. bruennowiana, C. chironii, C. domei, C. guimaraensis, C. laevis, C. limminghei, C. tribouillieri, C. tricostata, C. violacea, C. × confusa

Included species (for Tropicos, 9 May 2021):
C. addita, C. archilae, C. aurea, C. bractescens, C. bruennowiana, C. chironii, C. costaricensis, C. domei, C. guimaraensis, C. laevis, C. limminghei, C. maculata, C. makoyi, C. nietana, C. orichalcea, C. pluricostata, C. tribouillieri, C. tricostata, C. undulata, C. violacea, C. × chelsonii, C. × confusa, C. × sedeni Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Chysis aurea Lindl. (1837)

1 Nothospecies

Native distribution areas

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

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, 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.

References

Description of taxon

Lindley, J. (1837) Edwards's Botanical Register 23: t.

Selected Bibliography

Chiron, G. & Archila Morales, F. (2010) Conspectus neotropicus mesoamericanus. Le genre Chysis Lindley (Orchidaceae). Richardiana 10: 161-192.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 173 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127

Selected Weblinks

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