Schomburgkia

Taxobox
name = "Schomburgkia"

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image_caption = "Schomburgkia superbiens", Illustration.
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Orchidales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Epidendreae
subtribus = Laeliinae
alliance = Cattleya
genus = "Schomburgkia"
genus_authority = Lindl., 1838
type_species = "Schomburgkia crispa"
type_species_authority = Lindl., 1844
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
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"Schomburgkia" is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. This genus is named for Richard Schomburgk, a German botanist who explored British Guiana during the 1800s. Species in this genus are either ephiphytic or lithophytic in their growth habit. According to the Royal Horticultural Society "Schom." is the official abbreviation for this genus.

The type species "Schomburgkia crispa" is a large sized, hot growing species found in the tropical areas of Venezuela, Surinam, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador.

pecies

*"Schomburgkia crispa" Lindl. 1838 (Brazil) : type species
*"Schomburgkia elata" Schltr. 1924
*"Schomburgkia gloriosa" Rchb. f. 1860
*"Schomburgkia lueddemannii" Prill. 1862
*"Schomburgkia lyonsii" Lindl. 1853
*"Schomburgkia marginata" Lindl. 1838
**"Schomburgkia marginata" var "immarginata" Lindl. 1838
*"Schomburgkia moyobambae" Schltr. 1921
*"Schomburgkia rosea" Linden ex Lindl. 1845 (Colombia)
*"Schomburgkia schultzei" Schltr. 1924
*"Schomburgkia splendida" Schltr. 1913
*"Schomburgkia superbiens" (Lindl.) Rolfe 1917
*"Schomburgkia undulata" Lindl. 1841
**"Schomburgkia undulata" var "costaricana" (Rchb. f.) H.G. Jones 1963
**"Schomburgkia undulata" var "lueddemaniana" (Prill.) H.G. Jones 1963
*"Schomburgkia wallisii" Rchb. f. 1877
*"Schomburgkia weberbaueriana" Kraenzlin 1906 (Bolivia; Peru)
*"Myrmecophila tibicinis" [Rchb.f] Rolfe, Central America
*"Myrmecophila albopurpurea" [Strachan ex Fawcett] , Grand Cayman Island
*"Myrmecophila exaltata" (Kraenzl.) G.C. Kenn., Central America
*"Myrmecophilia humboldtia" [Rchb.f] Rolfe, Central America
*"Myrmecophilia thomsoniana" [Rchb.f] Rolfe, Cayman Islands
*"Myrmecophila wendlandii" (Rchb. f.) G.C. Kenn., Central America

ee also

*"Myrmecophila" - a very near genus

References

* [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html Missouri Botanical Garden w³ TROPICOS]
* [http://www.kew.org/monocotChecklist/ The World Checklist of Monocotyledons]

External links

* [http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/registration_orchids.asp Royal Horticultural Society: Registration of Orchids]