Cyrtopodium, often abbreviated Cyrt in horticulture, is a genus of more than 40 species of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids found from Florida and Mexico through Argentina.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Cyrtopodium is the only genus in the monotypic subtribe Cyrtopodiinae.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2009). Genera Orchidacearum, Volume 5. Oxford Univ. Press.
The type species is C. andersonii, originally described in 1812 by A.B. Lambert as Cymbidium andersonii, and in 1813 used by Robert Brown to erect his new genus Cyrtopodium.Brown, Robert, in Aiton, William Townsend. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 216.
List of species
Cyrtopodium aliciae L.Linden & Rolfe Cyrtopodium andersonii (Lamb. ex Andrews) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton Cyrtopodium blanchetii Rchb.f. Cyrtopodium braemii L.C.Menezes Cyrtopodium brandonianum Barb.Rodr. Cyrtopodium brunneum J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch. Cyrtopodium cachimboense L.C.Menezes Cyrtopodium caiapoense L.C.Menezes Cyrtopodium cipoense L.C.Menezes Cyrtopodium confusum L.C.Menezes, 2008 Cyrtopodium cristatum Lindl. Cyrtopodium dusenii Schltr. Cyrtopodium eugenii Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach Cyrtopodium flavum (Nees) Link & Otto ex Rchb. Cyrtopodium fowliei L.C.Menezes Cyrtopodium gigas (Vell.) Hoehne Cyrtopodium glutiniferum Raddi Cyrtopodium graniticum G.A.Romero & Carnevali Cyrtopodium hatschbachii Pabst Cyrtopodium holstii L.C.Menezes Cyrtopodium × intermedium Brade (C. gigas × C. glutiniferum) Cyrtopodium josephense Barb.Rodr. Cyrtopodium kleinii J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch. Cyrtopodium lamellaticallosum J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch. Cyrtopodium latifolium Bianch. & J.A.N.Bat. Cyrtopodium linearifolium J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch. Cyrtopodium lissochiloides Hoehne & Schltr. Cyrtopodium longibulbosum Dodson & G.A.Romero Cyrtopodium macedoi J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch. Cyrtopodium macrobulbon (Lex.) G.A.Romero & Carnevali Cyrtopodium minutum L.C.Menezes Cyrtopodium naiguatae Schltr. Cyrtopodium pallidum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach Cyrtopodium palmifrons Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach Cyrtopodium paludicola Hoehne Cyrtopodium paniculatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay Cyrtopodium parviflorum Lindl. Cyrtopodium pflanzii Schltr. Cyrtopodium poecilum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach Cyrtopodium punctatum (L.) Lindl. Cyrtopodium saintlegerianum Rchb.f. Cyrtopodium schargellii G.A.Romero, Aymard & Carnevali Cyrtopodium triste Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach Cyrtopodium vernum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach Cyrtopodium virescens Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach Cyrtopodium willmorei Knowles & Westc. Cyrtopodium witeckii L.C.Menezes, 2009 Cyrtopodium withneri L.C.Menezes
Names brought to synonymy Cyrtopodium elegans, a synonym for Tetramicra canaliculata
Uses In San Pablito, Puebla, Mexico, local Otomi artisans use an adhesive isolated from the orchid Cyrtopodium macrobulbon to patch holes in the amate paper they make. When amate is peeled off of its drying board, some portions remain adhered, resulting in holes and other defects on the sheet. Pseudobulbs of C. macrobulbon are cut, and the injured end is rubbed on a patch (also made of amate) and around the perimeter of the hole. The patch is placed over the hole and hammered into place to ensure adhesion.León-Peralta, C. E., & Ojascastro, J. (2024). The Sticky Relationship Between Orchids and Mexican Amate Paper: Present and Possible Past. Economic Botany, 78(3), 221-241.
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