Pterichis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America and Jamaica.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. 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: 1–595Idárraga-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, MedellínLuteyn, J. L. 1999. Páramos, a checklist of plant diversity, geographical distribution, and botanical literature. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 84: viii–xv, 1–278.
Species recognized as of June 2014:
Pterichis acuminata Schltr. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Pterichis bangii Rolfe - Bolivia Pterichis boliviana Schltr. - Bolivia, Argentina Pterichis colombiana G.Morales - Colombia Pterichis fernandezii G.Morales - Colombia Pterichis galeata Lindl. - Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica Pterichis habenarioides (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Schltr. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela Pterichis latifolia Garay & Dunst. - Venezuela Pterichis leucoptera Schltr. - Peru Pterichis macroptera Schltr. - Peru Pterichis mandonii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe - Bolivia Pterichis multiflora (Lindl.) Schltr. - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Argentina Pterichis parvifolia (Lindl.) Schltr. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Pterichis pauciflora Schltr. - Colombia, Ecuador Pterichis proctorii Garay - Jamaica Pterichis saxicola Schltr. - Bolivia Pterichis silvestris Schltr. - Bolivia, Peru Pterichis triloba (Lindl.) Schltr. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Pterichis weberbaueriana Kraenzl. - Peru Pterichis yungasensis Schltr. - Bolivia
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