Eurystyles

Custard orchids
Eurystyles cotyledon (type species)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Spiranthinae
Genus: Eurystyles
Wawra
Synonyms[1]
  • Trachelosiphon Schltr.
  • Pseudoeurystyles Hoehne
  • Synanthes Burns-Bal., H.Rob. & Merc.S.Foster

Eurystyles is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains over 20 known species native to South America, Central America, the West Indies and Chiapas.[1]

  1. Eurystyles actinosophila (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr.
  2. Eurystyles alticola Dod
  3. Eurystyles ananassocomus (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
  4. Eurystyles borealis A.H.Heller
  5. Eurystyles christensonii D.E.Benn.
  6. Eurystyles cogniauxii (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
  7. Eurystyles cornu-bovis Szlach.
  8. Eurystyles cotyledon Wawra
  9. Eurystyles cristata (Schltr.) Schltr.
  10. Eurystyles crocodilus Szlach.
  11. Eurystyles domingensis Dod
  12. Eurystyles gardneri (Lindl.) Garay
  13. Eurystyles guentheriana (Kraenzl.) Garay
  14. Eurystyles hoehnei Szlach.
  15. Eurystyles lobata Chiron & V.P.Castro
  16. Eurystyles lorenzii (Cogn.) Schltr.
  17. Eurystyles luisortizii[2]
  18. Eurystyles ochyrana (Szlach., Mytnik & Rutk.) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
  19. Eurystyles rutkowskiana Szlach.
  20. Eurystyles splendissima Szlach.
  21. Eurystyles standleyi Ames
  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Ackerman, James D.; Ortiz Jordan, Luis. "A new species of Eurystyles (Orchidaceae) is exposed by a fierce hurricane in Puerto Rico". Retrieved 24 March 2023.