Schlimia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica and to northern South America.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.
Note. This genus is often incorrectly written as Schlimmia, however it honours the Belgian botanist Louis Joseph Schlim and the author later corrected the name.
As of June 2014, the following species are recognized:
Schlimia alpina Rchb.f. & Warsz. - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador Schlimia condorana Dodson - Ecuador Schlimia garayana H.R.Sweet - Ecuador Schlimia jasminodora Planch. & Linden - Colombia, Costa Rica Schlimia jennyana Lückel - Peru Schlimia pandurata Schltr. - Colombia Schlimia stevensonii Dodson - Ecuador
See also List of Orchidaceae genera
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