Cycnoches is a genus of orchids native to South America, Central America and southern Mexico. Also called swan necks, swan orchids, or swanworts, they are epiphytes found in lowland and pre-montane forests.
List of species Species accepted as of May 2025:
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 dianae Rchb.f. (1852) – Panama Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman (1842) – southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia 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
(1832) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 154. (Eds) (2009) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part 2): Epidendroideae, 21 ff. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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