Lankesterella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is found mostly in South America, with a few species extending north into Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Species Species currently recognized as of June 2014:
Lankesterella alainii Nir - Cuba, Dominican Republic Lankesterella caespitosa (Lindl.) Hoehne - Venezuela, Brazil Lankesterella ceracifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Mansf. - Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina Lankesterella glandula Ackerman - Dominican Republic Lankesterella gnomus (Kraenzl.) Hoehne - Brazil Lankesterella longicollis (Cogn.) Hoehne - Brazil Lankesterella orthantha (Kraenzl.) Garay - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Lankesterella parvula (Kraenzl.) Pabst - Rio de Janeiro Lankesterella pilosa (Cogn.) Hoehne - Rio de Janeiro Lankesterella salehi Pabst - Brazil Lankesterella spannageliana (Hoehne & Brade) Mansf. - Rio de Janeiro
See also List of Orchidaceae genera
References
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. 217 ff. Oxford Univ. Press Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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