Coilostylis ciliaris

Coilostylis ciliaris (fringed star orchid), formerly Epidendrum ciliare, is a species of orchid in the genus Coilostylis. It was transferred from Epidendrum by Withner and Harding in 2004.[1] It is the type species of the genus Coilostylis.

Fringed star orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Epidendreae
Subtribe:
Laeliinae
Genus:
Coilostylis
Species:
C. ciliaris
Binomial name
Coilostylis ciliaris
L. (1759)
Synonyms
  • Epidendrum ciliare L.
  • Auliza ciliaris (L.) Salisb.
  • Encyclia ciliaris (L.) A.Lemée
  • Epidendrum cuspidatum Lodd.
  • Coilostylis emarginata Raf.
  • Epidendrum viscidum Lindl.

The diploid chromosome number of C. ciliare has been determined from several individuals as 2n = 40, 80, and 160, the haploid chromosome number as n = 20.[2]

The moth Pseudosphinx tetrio has been observed as a pollinator in Puerto Rico.[3]

Footnotes
  1. Withner, C. A. and Harding, P. A., Cattleyas and Their Relatives. The Debatable Epidendrums Timber Press 2004.
  2. page 251 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/pdf
  3. Ackerman, J. D. and A. M. Montalvo. (1990). Short-and long-term limitations to fruit production in a tropical orchid. Ecology 71(1), 263-72.


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