Fuertesiella

Fuertesiella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Fuertesiella pterichoides, native to Cuba and to the Dominican Republic.[1]

Fuertesiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Cranichidinae
Genus: Fuertesiella
Schltr. in I.Urban
Species:
F. pterichoides
Binomial name
Fuertesiella pterichoides
Schltr. in I.Urban
Synonyms[1]
  • Cranichis grandiflora Ames & C.Schweinf.
  • Fuertesiella grandiflora (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Schltr.

See also

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • Schlechter, F.R.R.(1913) Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 7: 492.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 37 ff. Oxford University Press.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart


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