Mormolyca

Mormolyca, abbreviated as Mlca in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids comprising 26 species native to southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and northern South America.[1][2]

Mormolyca
Mormolyca ringens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Maxillarieae
Subtribe:
Maxillariinae
Genus:
Mormolyca

Type species
Mormolyca lineolata
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysocycnis Linden & Rchb.f.
  • Cyrtoglottis Schltr.

Species

Species include:[3]

  1. Mormolyca acutifolia (Lindl.) M.A.Blanco
  2. Mormolyca aureoglobula (Christenson) M.A.Blanco
  3. Mormolyca aurorae D.E.Benn. & Christenson
  4. Mormolyca calimaniana (V.P.Castro) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
  5. Mormolyca chacoensis (Dodson) M.A.Blanco
  6. Mormolyca cleistogama (Brieger & Illg) M.A.Blanco
  7. Mormolyca culebrica Bogarín & Pupulin
  8. Mormolyca dressleriana (Carnevali & J.T.Atwood) M.A.Blanco
  9. Mormolyca fuchii J.T.Atwood
  10. Mormolyca gracilipes (Schltr.) Garay & Wirth
  11. Mormolyca hedwigiae (Hamer & Dodson) M.A.Blanco
  12. Mormolyca lehmanii (Rolfe) M.A.Blanco
  13. Mormolyca moralesii (Carnevali & J.T.Atwood) M.A.Blanco
  14. Mormolyca peruviana C.Schweinf.
  15. Mormolyca polyphylla Garay & Wirth
  16. Mormolyca pudica (Carnevali & J.L.Tapia) M.A.Blanco
  17. Mormolyca richii (Dodson) M.A.Blanco
  18. Mormolyca ringens (Lindl.) Gentil
  19. Mormolyca rufescens (Lindl.) M.A.Blanco
  20. Mormolyca sanantonioensis (Christenson) M.A.Blanco
  21. Mormolyca schlimii (Linden & Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco
  22. Mormolyca schweinfurthiana Garay & Wirth
  23. Mormolyca sotoana (Carnevali & Gómez-Juárez) M.A.Blanco
  24. Mormolyca suareziorum (Dodson) M.A.Blanco
  25. Mormolyca tenuibulba (Christenson) M.A.Blanco
  26. Mormolyca vanillosma (Christenson) J.M.H.Shaw

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 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.
  3. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved March 30, 2014.


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