Biology:Ionopsis

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Short description: Genus of orchids

Ionopsis
Ionopsis utricularioides
Scientific classification e
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Kunth
Type species
Ionopsis utricularioides
(Sw.) Lindl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Iantha Hook.
  • Cybelion Spreng.
  • Konantzia Dodson & N.H.Williams

Ionopsis (violet orchid)[2] is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 currently accepted species, native to Latin America, the West Indies, and Florida.[1][3][4]

  1. Ionopsis burchellii Rchb.f. - Brazil
  2. Ionopsis minutiflora (Dodson & N.H.Williams) Pupulin - Ecuador
  3. Ionopsis papillosa Pupulin - Ecuador
  4. Ionopsis satyrioides (Sw.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - widespread across southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America
  5. Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl. - widespread across southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, South America, and Florida
  6. Ionopsis zebrina Kraenzl. - Colombia

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Ionopsis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=IONOP2. Retrieved 20 May 2015. 
  3. Flora of North America v 26 p 646, Ionopsis Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 279, plate 83. 1816.
  4. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Wikidata ☰ Q3906198 entry