Odontoglossum
The division of living beings into systematics is a continuous subject of research. Different systematic classifications exist side by side and one after the other. The taxon treated here has become obsolete due to new research or is not part of the group systematics presented in the German-language Wikipedia.
The genus Odontoglossum was until 2012 genus name derived for a variety of South America, epiphytic growing orchids . The genus name is currently a synonym for the genus Oncidium , with which Odontoglossum was merged.
distribution
The species is found at altitudes between 1500 m and 3000 m in South America. The distribution area extends from Guyana and Venezuela in the northeast along the Andes through Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia to Peru.
Systematics and botanical history
The genus Odontoglossum was first described by Karl Sigismund Kunth in 1816 . The name is made up of the Greek words odontus "tooth" and glossa "tongue". Type species is Odontoglossum epidendroides . As a result, numerous, sometimes very different species were described as Odontoglossum , so that the genus numbered more than 400 species. In the following years some genera were separated, for example Rossioglossum . In 2012 the genus was revised based on DNA analysis and is now a synonym for the genus Oncidium .
literature
- H. Bechtel, Ph. Cribb, E. Launert: Orchideenatlas . 3. Edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8001-6199-0 .
- Jürgen Röth: Orchids . VEB Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1983.
- S. Dalström: New combinations in Odontoglossum (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae) and a solution to a taxonomic conundrum. In: Lankesteriana 12, 2012, 53-60
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Odontoglossum. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 10, 2020.
