Comparettia, abbreviated Comp in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of orchids. It consists about 50-70 species, native to tropical America. They occur in Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and in northern South America as far south as Brazil and Bolivia, although they are particularly common in the Andes. The genus has grown markedly in recent years due to many species being transferred from other genera.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesChase, Mark Wayne & Williams, Norris Hagan. 2008. Lindleyana; Scientific Journal of the American Orchid Society 21(3): 27-30.
Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Image Scientific name Distribution Elevation (m) Comparettia acebeyae Bolivia (La Paz) Comparettia alexii Ecuador Comparettia amboroensis Bolivia Comparettia auriculata Ecuador Comparettia barkeri Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil Comparettia bennettii Ecuador, Bolivia Comparettia bigibbosa Ecuador (Pichincha) Comparettia blankei Colombia Comparettia brevis Peru Comparettia campoverdei Peru (Pasco) Comparettia carinata Ecuador Comparettia chiribogae Ecuador Comparettia coccinea Venezuela, Brazil (Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, and Parana), Peru and Bolivia Comparettia coimbrae Bolivia (Santa Cruz) Comparettia corydaloides Bolivia (Maipiri) Comparettia crucicornibus Peru (Pasco) Comparettia delcastilloi Peru (Junin) Comparettia ecalcarata French Guiana, Brazil (Para) Comparettia embreei Ecuador Comparettia equitans Peru (Junin) Comparettia falcata Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil Comparettia frymirei Ecuador (Canar) Comparettia gentryi Ecuador Comparettia granizoi Peru (Junin) Comparettia hauensteinii Bolivia (Cochabamba) Comparettia heterophylla Ecuador Comparettia hirtzii Colombia (Valle de Cauca), Ecuador Comparettia ignea Colombia Comparettia jamiesonii Ecuador Comparettia janeae Bolivia Comparettia kerspei Peru Comparettia kroemeri Bolivia (Yungas) Comparettia langkastii Ecuador Comparettia langlassei Colombia, Ecuador Comparettia larae Bolivia (La Paz) Comparettia latipetala Peru Comparettia limatamboensis Bolivia (Cochabamba) Comparettia luerae Ecuador Comparettia macroplectron Colombia (Boyaca, Meta, Cundinamarca ) Comparettia × maloi southeastern Ecuador Comparettia markgrafii Peru (Junin) Comparettia micrantha Ecuador, Peru and Brazil Comparettia minuta Venezuela Comparettia mirthae Peru (San Martin) Comparettia moroniae Peru Comparettia neudeckeri Bolivia Comparettia newyorkorum Bolivia (Cochabamba) Comparettia oliverosii Peru Comparettia ottonis Venezuela, Colombia Comparettia pacensium Bolivia (La Paz) Comparettia palatina Colombia Comparettia paniculata Peru (Junin) Comparettia papillosa Peru (Junin) Comparettia paraguaensis Venezuela (Bolivar), Brazil (Para) Comparettia penduliflora Bolivia Comparettia peruvioides Peru (Junin) Comparettia portillae Ecuador Comparettia pulchella Colombia (Antioquia) Comparettia rauhii Peru (Junin) Comparettia romansii Ecuador Comparettia rubriflora Peru (Cusco) Comparettia saccata Peru (Junin) Comparettia schaeferi Peru Comparettia seegeri Bolivia Comparettia serrilabia Peru (Cusco) Comparettia sillarensis Bolivia (Cochabamba) Comparettia sotoana Ecuador (Morona-Santiago) Comparettia speciosa southeastern Ecuador and northwestern Peru Comparettia splendens Bolivia (La Paz) Comparettia stenochila Venezuela Comparettia suareziorum Ecuador Comparettia thivii Bolivia Comparettia topoana Ecuador (Pastaza) Comparettia tuerckheimii Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas), Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Comparettia tungurahuae Ecuador Comparettia vallyana Peru Comparettia variegata Ecuador, Colombia (Antioquia) Comparettia vasquezii Bolivia (Cochabamba) Comparettia williamsii Ecuador Comparettia wuerstlei Peru (Junin)
References
(2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 248 ff. Oxford University Press.
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