Kreodanthus

Taxobox
name = "Kreodanthus"

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image_width = 225px
image_caption = Kreodanthus elatus (from : "Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz")
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Orchidoideae
tribus = Cranichideae
subtribus = Goodyerinae
genus = "Kreodanthus"
genus_authority = Garay 1977
type_species = "Kreodanthus simplex"
type_species_authority = (C. Schweinf.) Garay ("Erythrodes simplex" C. Schweinf.)
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Kreodanthus" is a small genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae.

It is native to Cuba and Southern Mexico to Peru.

Species

*"Kreodanthus casillasii" R.González (1995) (Mexico, El Salvador)
*"Kreodanthus corniculatus" (Rchb.f.) Garay (1977) (Cuba)
*"Kreodanthus crispifolius" Garay (1978) (Ecuador, Peru)
*"Kreodanthus ecuadorensis" Garay (1987) (Ecuador)
*"Kreodanthus elatus" (L.O.Williams) Garay (1977) (Venezuela)
*"Kreodanthus forceps" Ormerod (2005) (Ecuador)
*"Kreodanthus loxoglottis" (Rchb.f.) Garay (1977) (Guatemala)
*"Kreodanthus myrmex" Ormerod (2005) (Colombia)
*"Kreodanthus ovatilabius" (Ames & Correll) Garay (1977) (Mexico, Guatemala)
*"Kreodanthus rotundifolius" Ormerod (2005) (Amazonas - Peru)
*"Kreodanthus secundus" (Ames) Garay (1977) (Mexico, El Salvador)
*"Kreodanthus simplex" (C.Schweinf.) Garay (1977) (Peru)

References

*Orchid Research Newsletter 47 (January 2006) - Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.