Microthelys

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Microthelys minutiflora, Equipamiento Periférico Picacho Ajusco Canal 13, Ciudad de México, CDMX, México imported from iNaturalist photo 260039326.jpg

| image_caption = Microthelys minutiflora

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Microthelys

| authority = Garay

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = Ecuadoria Dodson & Dressler

}}

Microthelys is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America and Ecuador.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=128170 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

  1. Microthelys constricta (Szlach.) Szlach. - central Mexico
  2. Microthelys hintoniorum (Todzia) Szlach., Rutk. & Mytnik - Nuevo León
  3. Microthelys intagana (Dodson & Dressler) Szlach. - Ecuador
  4. Microthelys markowskiana (Szlach.) Szlach. - Oaxaca
  5. Microthelys minutiflora (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Garay - from San Luis Potosí south to Guatemala
  6. Microthelys nutantiflora (Schltr.) Garay - Guatemala, Costa Rica
  7. Microthelys rubrocallosa (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Garay - from central Mexico south to Guatemala

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{aut|Garay, L.A.}} (1980) Botanical Museum Leaflets 28 (4): 336.
  • {{aut|Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N.}} (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 227 ff. Oxford University Press.
  • {{aut|Berg Pana, H.}} 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart