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Teuscheria

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Teuscheria is a genus of orchids native to southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. The genus is named for Henry Teuscher, an award-winning landscape artist and horticulturalist.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyOrchidaceae
Observations recorded85

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5
With media
4
Family
Orchidaceae
Collections
SEL, MO, AMES
Recorded in
Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica

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Teuscheria is a genus of orchids native to southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. The genus is named for Henry Teuscher, an award-winning landscape artist and horticulturalist.

Species accepted as of June 2014: Teuscheria archilae Guatemala Teuscheria cornucopia - Ecuador Teuscheria desireei - Guatemala Teuscheria dodsonii - Ecuador Teuscheria elegans - Colombia Teuscheria guatemalensis - Guatemala Teuscheria horichiana - Costa Rica Teuscheria integrilabia - Ecuador Teuscheria pickiana - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Ecuador Teuscheria wageneri - Costa Rica to W. Colombia, Venezuela to NE. Ecuador

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Teuscheria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.