Laelia (Orchidaceae)

Laelia speciosa
Typus of Laelia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Laeliinae
Genus: Laelia

Overview of species (23)

L. albida – L. anceps – L. aurea – L. autumnalis – L. colombiana – L. elata – L. eyermaniana – L. furfuracea – L. gloriosa – L. halbingeriana – L. heidii – L. lueddemannii – L. lyonsii – L. marginata – L. moyobambae – L. rosea – L. rubescens – L. schultzei – L. speciosa – L. splendida – L. superbiens – L. undulata – L. weberbaueriana

Nothospecies: (4)

L. × crawshayana – L. × gouldiana – L. × oaxacana – L. × tlaxiacoensis 

Name

Laelia Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 115 (1831), nom. cons.

• Type species: Laelia speciosa (Kunth) Schltr. (1914)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Schomburgkia Lindl., Sert. Orchid.: t. 10 (1838)
  • Amalia Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 52 (1841)
  • Amalias Hoffmanns., Linnaea 16(Litt.): 228 (1842)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad-Tobago. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1831. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 96, 115.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 265 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Laelia. Accessed: 2022 Sep 3.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Laelia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 3. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Laelia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 3. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Laelia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Laelia. Published online. Accessed: 3 Sep 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Laelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Sep 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Laelien
suomi: Leeliat
перем коми: Лелия
коми: Лелия
lietuvių: Laišva
മലയാളം: ലീലിയ
кырык мары: Лели
پنجابی: لیلی
русский: Лелия
svenska: Laeliasläkte
удмурт: Лелия
中文: 蕾丽兰属

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