Leochilus

Leochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, northern South America, the West Indies and Florida.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAsparagales
FamilyOrchidaceae

Native toBelize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti

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Specimen records: 30
With media: 13
Family: Orchidaceae
Collections: INECOL, IBUNAM, NY, WIS, USF, MO
Recorded in: Mexico, United States, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Brasil, Panama, Jamaique, Nicaragua

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Oncidiinae
Image: Leochilus oncidioides (as Oncidium macrantherum) - Curtis' 67 (N.S. 14) pl. 3845 (1841).jpg

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taxon name: Leochilus
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6646
topic's main category: Category:Leochilus
Commons category: Leochilus
Commons gallery: Leochilus
taxon common name: 光唇兰属

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Leochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, northern South America, the West Indies and Florida. Leochilus carinatus (Knowles & Westc.) Lindl. - Oaxaca, Veracruz Leochilus crocodiliceps (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler - Jalisco, Colima Leochilus hagsateri M.W.Chase - Oaxaca Leochilus inconspicuus (Kraenzl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams - Costa Rica Leochilus johnstonii Ames & Correll - from Oaxaca south to Nicaragua Leochilus labiatus (Sw.) Kuntze - from Oaxaca south to Brazil; also West Indies and Florida Leochilus leiboldii Rchb.f. - Oaxaca, Veracruz Leochilus leochilinus (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Leochilus oncidioides Knowles & Westc. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras Leochilus puertoricensis M.W.Chase - Puerto Rico, St. Lucia Leochilus scriptus (Scheidw.) Rchb.f. - from southern Mexico south to Ecuador; also Cuba, Trinidad, Dominican Republic Leochilus tricuspidatus (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler - Costa Rica, Panama

== See also == List of Orchidaceae genera

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