Peristeria (Orchidaceae)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Peristeria']

English: Dove orchids
перем коми: Перистерия
коми: Перистерия
олык марий: Перистерий
кырык мары: Перистери
удмурт: Перистерия
中文: 鸽兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 鸽子兰属
中文（臺灣）: 鴿子蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Coeliopsidinae • Genus: Peristeria (Orchidaceae) Hook. (1831)

Genus Peristeria Hook. (1831)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Eckartia Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 53 (1841)

12 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 17 March 2019):
P. cerina, P. cochlearis, P. elata, P. ephippium, P. esperanzae, P. guttata, P. leucoxantha, P. lindenii, P. oscarii-rodrigoi, P. pendula, P. selligera, P. serroniana

Included species (for Tropicos, 17 March 2019):
P. aspersa, P. barkeri, P. cerina, P. cochlearis, P. elata, P. ephippium, P. esperanzae, P. fuscata, P. graveolens, P. guttata, P. humboldtii, P. laeta, P. lentiginosa, P. leucoxantha, P. lindenii, P. longiscapa, P. maculata, P. pendula, P. rossiana, P. selligera, P. serroniana, P. stapelioides, P. violacea Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Peristeria elata Hook. (1831)

Native distribution areas

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

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Trinidad-Tobago.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil North.

Selected Weblinks

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