Psychopsis (Orchidaceae)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Psychopsis']

English: Butterfly orchids
eesti: liblikkäpp
перем коми: Психопсис
коми: Психопсис
lietuvių: Psichopsis
кырык мары: Психопсис
удмурт: Психопсис
中文: 蛾形文心蘭屬, 拟蝶唇兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 拟蝶唇兰属
中文（臺灣）: 蛾形文心蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Oncidiinae • Genus: Psychopsis (Orchidaceae) Raf. (1838)

Genus Psychopsis Raf. (1838)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Papiliopsis E.Morren ex Cogn. & Marchal, Pl. Feuill. Omem. 2: t. 55 (1874) Papiliopsis E.Morren, Belgique Hort. 24: 261 (1874) Psychopsiella Lückel & Braem, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 33: 7 (1982)

4 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 5 October 2017):
P. krameriana, P. papilio, P. sanderae, P. versteegiana

Included species (for Tropicos, 5 October 2017):
P. krameriana, P. latourae, P. limminghei, P. papilio, P. sanderae, P. versteegiana Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Psychopsis papilio (Lindl.) H.G.Jones (1975) ← Psychopsis picta Raf. 1838)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Southeast.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Trinidad-Tobago.
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Panamá.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

References

Description of taxon

Rafinesque, C.S. (1838) Flora Telluriana 4: 40.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 330 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198507130

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Psychopsis (Orchidaceae).