Myoxanthus
{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Myoxanthus lonchophyllus.jpg
| image_caption = Myoxanthus lonchophyllus
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Myoxanthus
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- Myoxanthus affinis
- Myoxanthus cimex
- Myoxanthus conceicioensis
- Myoxanthus exasperatus
- Myoxanthus fimbriatus
- Myoxanthus georgei
- Myoxanthus gorgon
- Myoxanthus hirsuticaulis
- Myoxanthus lonchophyllus
- Myoxanthus monophyllus
- Myoxanthus octomeriae
- Myoxanthus pulvinatus
- Myoxanthus punctatus
- Myoxanthus reymondii
- Myoxanthus seidelii
- Myoxanthus serripetalus
- Myoxanthus speciosus
- Myoxanthus uxorius
- etc.
}}
Myoxanthus (from Greek for "dormouse" and "flower"){{Cite journal |last=Luer |first=Carlyle A. |date=1982-08-01 |title=A reevaluation of the genus myoxanthus (orchidaceae) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41759564 |journal=Selbyana |publisher=Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc. |volume=7 |issue=1 |page=35 |jstor=41759564 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-06-11 |quote=Etymology: From the Greek myoxos (μυωξος), "a dormouse," and anthos (ανθος), "flower," referring to some obscure character of the flower. }} is a genus of orchids with about 50 species, widely distributed in Central and South America.{{Cite journal |last1=Rojas-Alvarado |first1=Gustavo |last2=Blanco |first2=Mario A. |last3=Karremans |first3=Adam P. |date=2021-06-10 |title=A taxonomic synopsis and morphological characterization of Myoxanthus (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) |url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.507.3.1 |journal=Phytotaxa |publisher=Magnolia Press |volume=507 |issue=3 |page=211 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.507.3.1 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-06-11 |quote=The genus is distributed from southern Mexico throughout Central America to Bolivia and Brazil. |via=Biotaxa}} This genus is a close ally of Pleurothallis.
The genera Chaetocephala Barb.Rodr., Dubois-Reymondia H.Karst., Duboisia H.Karst.,{{Cite web |title=Myoxanthus Poepp. & Endl. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327094-2#synonyms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611205355/https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327094-2#synonyms |archive-date=2023-06-11 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Kew Science |at=Heterotypic Synonyms |agency=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew}} and Reymondia H.Karst. & Kuntze have been included in Myoxanthus.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023|reason=Reliable source needed for "Reymondia H.Karst. & Kuntze [has] been included in Myoxanthus"}}