Discyphus

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}

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| image = Discyphus scopulariae (Rchb.f.) Schltr.jpg

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| grandparent_authority = Salazar & Van den Berg

| genus = Discyphus

| parent_authority = Schltr.

| species = scopulariae

| authority = (Rchb.f.) Schltr.

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|Dikylikostigma|Kraenzl.

|Spiranthes scopulariae|Rchb.f.

|Gyrostachys scopulariae|(Rchb.f.) Kuntze

|Dikylikostigma preussii|Kraenzl.

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Discyphus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is the only genus in the subtribe Discyphinae of the tribe Cranichideae. It contains only one currently recognized species, Discyphus scopulariae, with two accepted varieties:[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do;jsessionid=E1534E374B06D01CDF84CCB703AE1BBA Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil {{cite web|url=http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |archive-date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroChristenson, E. A. 1991. Mesoamerican orchid studies I: Orchids of Panama. Lindleyana 6(1): 42–48.Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584

• Discyphus scopulariae var. longiauriculata Szlach. - Trinidad
• Discyphus scopulariae var. scopulariae - Trinidad, Panama, Venezuela, Brazil