- Source: Cycnoches
Cycnoches, abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and southern Mexico. Also called "swan orchids", they are epiphytes found in lowland and pre-montane forests.
List of species
Species accepted as of May 2014:
Cycnoches aureum Lindl. & Paxton (1852) - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
Cycnoches barthiorum G.F.Carr & Christenson (1999) - Colombia
Cycnoches bennettii Dodson (1989) - Peru
Cycnoches brachydactylon Schltr. (1924) - Colombia
Cycnoches carrii Christenson (1999) - Peru
Cycnoches chlorochilon Klotzsch (1838) - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
Cycnoches christensonii D.E.Benn. (1998) - Peru
Cycnoches cooperi Rolfe (1913) - Peru, Brazil
Cycnoches densiflorum Rolfe (1909) - Colombia
Cycnoches dianae Rchb.f. (1852) - Panama
Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman (1842) - southern Mexico, Central America
Cycnoches farnsworthianum D.E.Benn. & Christenson (2001) - Peru
Cycnoches glanduliferum Rolfe (1892) - southern Mexico, Central America
Cycnoches guttulatum Schltr. (1922) - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
Cycnoches haagii Barb.Rodr. (1881) - from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Bolivia and Brazil
Cycnoches herrenhusanum Jenny & G.A.Romero (1991) - Colombia, Ecuador
Cycnoches jarae Dodson & D.E.Benn. (1989) - Peru
Cycnoches lehmannii Rchb.f. (1878) - Ecuador, Peru
Cycnoches loddigesii Lindl. (1832) - from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Brazil
Cycnoches lusiae G.A.Romero & Garay (1999) - Venezuela
Cycnoches maculatum Lindl. (1840) - Colombia, Venezuela
Cycnoches manoelae P.Castro & Campacci (1993) - Brazil
Cycnoches pachydactylon Schltr. (1922) - Nicaragua, Panama
Cycnoches pentadactylon Lindl. (1843) - Peru, Brazil
Cycnoches peruvianum Rolfe (1891) - Ecuador, Peru
Cycnoches powellii Schltr. (1922) - Panama
Cycnoches quatuorcristis D.E.Benn. (1992) - Peru
Cycnoches rossianum Rolfe (1891) - Costa Rica
Cycnoches schmidtianum Christenson & G.F.Carr (2001) - Peru
Cycnoches stenodactylon Schltr. (1922) - Panama
Cycnoches suarezii Dodson (1989) - Ecuador
Cycnoches thurstoniorum Dodson (1989) - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman (1838) - Mexico, Central America
Cycnoches warszewiczii Rchb.f. (1852) - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
References
Lindley, J. (1832) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 154.
Pridgeon, A.M. , Cribb, P., Chase, M.W., and Rasmussen, F.N. (Eds) (2009) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part 2): Epidendroideae, 21 ff. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
External links
Media related to Cycnoches at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cycnoches at Wikispecies