Bifrenaria Lindl.
First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 152 (1832)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Central & S. Tropical America.
Distribution
Native to:
Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Adipe Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 101 (1837)
- Colax Lindl. ex Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 727 (1826)
- Cydoniorchis Senghas in J. Orchideenfr. 1: 11 (1994)
- Stenocoryne Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 53 (1843)
Accepted Species
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- 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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1994 | Boog [s.n.], Brazil | K000879700 | Yes | ||
| Apr 1, 1994 | Boog [s.n.], Brazil | K000879747 | Yes | ||
| Dungs, F. [5], Brazil | 32761.000 | No | |||
| Moore, T. [s.n.] | K000879704 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.] | K000879706 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.] | K000879701 | Yes | |||
| Gardner [127], Rio de Janeiro | K000879703 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.] | K000879698 | Yes | |||
| Kramer, E. [s.n.] | K000879699 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.] | K000879705 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.] | K000879702 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.] | K000879697 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0