Caularthron

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Caularthron']

مصرى: كولارثرون
перем коми: Каулартрон
коми: Каулартрон
мокшень: Каулартрон
олык марий: Каулартрон
кырык мары: Каулартрон
удмурт: Каулартрон
中文: 双角兰属

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

Genus Caularthron Raf. (1837)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Diacrium Benth., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 312 (1881)

4 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 21 April 2021):
C. amazonicum, C. bicornutum, C. bilamellatum, C. kraenzlinianum

Included species (for Tropicos, 21 April 2021):
C. amazonicum, C. bicornutum, C. bilamellatum, C. bivalvatulum, C. indivisum, C. kraenzlinianum Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Caularthron bicornutum (Hook.) Raf. (1837)

Caularthron bicornutum
Type species
Caularthron bilamellatum

Native distribution areas

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

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Northern South America
  - Guyana, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Colombia, Ecuador.
- Brazil
  - Brazil North.

References

Description of taxon

Rafinesque, C.S. (1837) Flora Telluriana 2: 40–41.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 218 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Caularthron.