Cyrtopodium | |
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Cyrtopodium cristatum inflorescence with a caterpillar | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
Subtribe: | Cyrtopodiinae Benth. |
Genus: | Cyrtopodium R.Br. |
Type species | |
Cyrtopodium andersonii (Lamb. ex Andrews) R. Br.
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Synonyms[1] | |
Tylochilus Nees |
Cyrtopodium, often abbreviated Cyrt in horticulture, is a genus of more than 40 species of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids found from Florida and Mexico through Argentina.[1] Cyrtopodium is the only genus in the monotypic subtribe Cyrtopodiinae.[2]
The type species is C. andersonii, originally described in 1812 by A.B. Lambert as Cymbidium andersonii, and in 1813 used by Robert Brown to erect his new genus Cyrtopodium.[3]