Ponera (plant)

Ponera
Ponera juncifolia (as Hexisea tenuissima) - Oeonia brauniana - Xenia 3 pl 300.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Ponerinae
Genus: Ponera
Lindl.[1]
Type species
Ponera juncifolia
Synonyms[2]

Pseudoponera Brieger in F.R.R.Schlechter, not validly published

Ponera is a genus of orchids. It contains two currently accepted species, native to Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador.[2][3][4]

Species accepted as of June 2014:[2]

References

  1. ^ Lindley, John. 1831. Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 113–114.
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 432 ff. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  4. ^ Soto Arenas, M. A. 1990. Una nueva Orquidea de Morelos, Mexico: Ponera dressleriana. Orquídea (Mexico City), n.s. 12(1): 117–126.


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