Genus of orchids
Jacquiniella (tufted orchid )[3] is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae . It is native to Mexico , Central America , the West Indies , and South America .[2]
The diploid chromosome number of one species, J. globosa , has been determined as 2n = 38.[4]
Kew accepts (as of May 2014) twelve species of Jacquiniella :[5]
Jacquiniella aporophylla (L.O.Williams ) Dressler
Jacquiniella cernua (Lindl. ) Dressler
Jacquiniella cobanensis (Ames & Schltr. )
Jacquiniella colombiana Schltr.
Jacquiniella equitantifolia (Ames) Dressler
Jacquiniella gigantea Dressler
Jacquiniella globosa (Jacq. ) Schltr.
Jacquiniella leucomelana (Rchb.f. ) Schltr.
Jacquiniella pedunculata Dressler
Jacquiniella standleyi (Ames) Dressler
Jacquiniella steyermarkii Carnevali & Dressler
Jacquiniella teretifolia (Sw. ) Britton & P. Wilson
^ lectotype designated by Britton et Wilson, Scientific Survey of Porto Rico 5(2): 197 (1924)
^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Jacquiniella " . The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov) . Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 May 2015 .
^ page 252. Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (2010)234-278, The Linnean Society of London
^ search for Jacquiniella on the "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families", http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 262 ff. Oxford University Press.
Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee . Ulmer, Stuttgart