Bulbophyllum sect. Bulbophyllaria
{{Short description|Section of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Bulbophyllum bracteolatum - Edwards vol 24 (NS 1) pl 57 (1838).jpg
| image_caption = Bulbophyllum bracteolatum from Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 24 (1838)
| taxon = Bulbophyllum sect. Bulbophyllaria
| authority = [Rchb.f] Griseb. 1864
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| type_species =Bulbophyllum bracteolatum
}}
Bulbophyllum sect. Bulbophyllaria is a section of the genus Bulbophyllum.{{cite web | title=Bulbophyllum sect. Bulbophyllaria | website=Tropicos | url=https://www.tropicos.org/name/100488196 | access-date=2022-04-04}} It is one of six Bulbophyllum sections found in the Americas.{{cite journal | last1=Smidt | first1=Eric C. | last2=Borba | first2=Eduardo L. | last3=Gravendeel | first3=Barbara | last4=Fischer | first4=Gunter A. | last5=van den Berg | first5=Cássio | title=Molecular phylogeny of the Neotropical sections of Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae) using nuclear and plastid spacers | journal=Taxon | publisher=Wiley | volume=60 | issue=4 | year=2011 | issn=0040-0262 | doi=10.1002/tax.604009 | pages=1050–1064}}
Description
Distribution
Plants from this section are found in Central America through Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil.
Species
Bulbophyllum section Bulbophyllaria comprises the following species:
| class="wikitable " | |||
| Image | Name | Distribution | Elevation (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulbophyllum aristatum {{small|(Rchb.f.) Hemsl. 1884}} | Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Venezuela | {{convert|55 - 1500 |m|ft}} | |
| Bulbophyllum bracteolatum {{small|Lindl. 1838}} | French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil | {{convert| 600 |m|ft}} | |
| Bulbophyllum cirrhosum {{small|L.O.Williams 1940}} | Mexico | {{convert|1400 - 1600 |m|ft}} | |
| Bulbophyllum kegelii {{small|Hamer & Garay 1995 publ. 1997}} | Trinidad to Brazil | ||
| Bulbophyllum oerstedii {{small|(Rchb.f.) Hemsl. 1884}} | Colombia, southern Venezuela, Guyana and northern Brazil | {{convert| 50 - 500|m|ft}} | |
| Bulbophyllum pinelianum {{small|(A.Rich.) Paul Abel Ormerod 2016}} | Florida, the Caribbean, all of Central America as well as Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia | {{convert|0 - 1000|m|ft}} | |
| Bulbophyllum sordidum {{small|Lindl. 1840}} | Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador | ||
| Bulbophyllum wagneri {{small|Schltr. 1921}} | Panama to Ecuador |