Sievekingia is a genus of orchid, comprising 20 species found in Central and South America, from Nicaragua east to the Guianas and south to Bolivia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1–585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
The following species are recognized as of June 2014:
Sievekingia butcheri Dressler – Panama Sievekingia colombiana Garay – Colombia, Ecuador Sievekingia cristata Garay – Ecuador Sievekingia dunstervilleorum Foldats – Venezuela Sievekingia filifera Dressler – Colombia Sievekingia fimbriata Rchb.f. – Panama, Costa Rica Sievekingia herklotziana Jenny – Colombia Sievekingia herrenhusana Jenny – Ecuador Sievekingia hirtzii Waldv. – Ecuador Sievekingia jenmanii Rchb.f. – Venezuela, the Guianas Sievekingia marsupialis Dodson – Colombia, Ecuador Sievekingia peruviana Rolfe ex C.Schweinf. – Peru Sievekingia reichenbachiana Rolfe – Colombia, Ecuador Sievekingia rhonhofiae Mansf. – Ecuador Sievekingia suavis Rchb.f. – Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia Sievekingia trollii Mansf. – Bolivia
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