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List of Masdevallia species

List of Masdevallia species is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of Masdevallia species rather than just read about it. In short: Masdevallia is a genus of orchids (Orchidaceae), containing about 500 species. While several genera have been included in Masdevallia in the attempt to make it a natural monophyletic group, Jostia, Spilotantha and Teagueia have been split off in the process.

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Reference excerpt

Masdevallia is a genus of orchids (Orchidaceae), containing about 500 species. While several genera have been included in Masdevallia in the attempt to make it a natural monophyletic group, Jostia, Spilotantha and Teagueia have been split off in the process. Not all authors accept this decision at present, and the final consensus remains to be established on this matter.

Masdevallia falcago (Colombia) Masdevallia fenestrellata Dalström & Ruíz Pérez (Peru) Masdevallia figueroae (S Ecuador) Masdevallia flaveola (Costa Rica) Masdevallia floribunda (Mexico to SC America) Masdevallia foetens (Colombia) Masdevallia formosa (Peru) Masdevallia fosterae (S America) Masdevallia fractiflexa (SE Ecuador) Masdevallia frilehmannii (Bolivia) Masdevallia fuchsii (Peru) Masdevallia fulvescens (Costa Rica to Colombia)

Masdevallia garciae (Venezuela) Masdevallia gargantua (Colombia) Masdevallia geminiflora (W Colombia to W Ecuador) Masdevallia gilbertoi (Colombia) Masdevallia glandulosa (S Ecuador to N Peru) Masdevallia glomerosa (S Ecuador) Masdevallia goliath (SE Ecuador to NE Peru) Masdevallia gloriae (Panama) Masdevallia gloriosa Dalström & Ruíz Pérez (Peru) Masdevallia goettfertiana Dalström & Ruíz Pérez (Peru) Masdevallia guayanensis (N South America to Brazil) Masdevallia guerrieroi (Ecuador) Masdevallia gutierrezii (Bolivia) Masdevallia guttulata (SE Ecuador)

Masdevallia icterina (N Peru) Masdevallia idae (Peru) Masdevallia ignea (Colombia) Masdevallia immensa (Peru) Masdevallia impostor (W Venezuela to SE Ecuador) Masdevallia indecora (Colombia) Masdevallia infracta (Brazil to Bolivia) Masdevallia ingridiana (Ecuador) Masdevallia instar (Ecuador to Peru) Masdevallia ionocharis – Graceful violet-blue masdevallia Masdevallia irapana (Venezuela) Masdevallia iris (Venezuela) Masdevallia ishikoi (Bolivia) Masdevallia isos (Bolivia)

Masdevallia jarae (Peru) Masdevallia josei (Ecuador) Masdevallia juan-albertoi (Peru)

Masdevallia kalbreyeri (Colombia) Masdevallia karelii Dalström & Ruíz Pérez (Peru) Masdevallia karineae (Peru) Masdevallia kuhnorum (Peru) Masdevallia kyphonantha (Venezuela)

Masdevallia naranjapatae (Ecuador) Masdevallia navicularis (NW Venezuela) Masdevallia nebulina (Bolivia) Masdevallia newmaniana (Ecuador) Masdevallia nicaraguae (Nicaragua) Masdevallia nidifica (C America to N Peru) Masdevallia niesseniae Luer (Colombia) Masdevallia nikoleana (S Ecuador to N Peru) Masdevallia nitens (Bolivia) Masdevallia nivea (Colombia) Masdevallia norae (N South America) Masdevallia norops (E Ecuador to N Peru) Masdevallia notosibirica (Bolivia)

Masdevallia quasimodo (Bolivia)

Masdevallia uncifera (S Colombia to N Ecuador) Masdevallia unguentum (Colombia) Masdevallia uniflora (Peru) Masdevallia urceolaris (Colombia) Masdevallia ustulata (E Colombia to N Peru) Masdevallia utriculata (Panama)

Masdevallia valenciae (Colombia) Masdevallia vargasii (S Colombia to C Bolivia and N Brazil) Masdevallia vasquezii (Bolivia) Masdevallia veitchiana – Veitch's masdevallia, King of the Masdevallias, gallo-gallo (Spanish), waqanki (Quechua) Masdevallia velella (Colombia) Masdevallia velifera (Colombia) Masdevallia venatoria (Ecuador) Masdevallia venezuelana (Venezuela) Masdevallia ventricularia (Colombia to NW Ecuador) Masdevallia venus (Ecuador) Masdevallia verecunda (Venezuela) Masdevallia vexillifera (Peru) Masdevallia vidua (Ecuador) Masdevallia vieirana (Colombia) Masdevallia villegasii (Colombia) Masdevallia virens (Ecuador) Masdevallia virgo-cuencae (Ecuador) Masdevallia virgo-rosea (Colombia) Masdevallia vomeris (Peru)

Masdevallia wagneriana (Colombia to N Venezuela) Masdevallia wagneriana var. colombiana (Colombia) Masdevallia wagneriana var. pteroglossa (Colombia) Masdevallia wagneriana var. wagneriana (N Venezuela) Masdevallia walteri (Costa Rica) Masdevallia weberbaueri (S Ecuador to N Peru) Masdevallia welischii (Peru) Masdevallia wendlandiana (S Tropical America) Masdevallia whiteana (SE Ecuador to N Peru) Masdevallia wubbenii (Venezuela) Masdevallia wuelfinghoffiana (Ecuador) Masdevallia wuellneri P.Ortiz (Colombia) Masdevallia wuerstlei (Colombia) Masdevallia wurdackii (N Peru)

Masdevallia xanthina (Colombia to Ecuador) Masdevallia xanthina ssp. klabochorum (Colombia to Ecuador) Masdevallia xanthina ssp. pallida (Ecuador) Masdevallia xanthina ssp. xanthina (Colombia to Ecuador) Masdevallia ximenae (Ecuador) Masdevallia xiphium (Colombia) Masdevallia xylina (Colombia)

Masdevallia yungasensis (Bolivia) Masdevallia yungasensis ssp. calocodon Masdevallia yungasensis ssp. yungasensis

Masdevallia zahlbruckneri (C America to W Ecuador) Masdevallia zamorensis (Ecuador) Masdevallia zapatae (Colombia) Masdevallia zebracea (N Peru) Masdevallia zongoensis (Bolivia) Masdevallia zumbae (Ecuador) Masdevallia zumbuehlerae (Ecuador)

References

External links "List of Masdevallia species". The Encyclopedia of Life.

Illustrations

List of Masdevallia species: Masdevallia agaster — Masdevallia agaster

List of Masdevallia species: Masdevallia barlaeana — Masdevallia barlaeana

List of Masdevallia species: Masdevallia fractiflexa — Masdevallia fractiflexa

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