Polycycnis

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Polycycnis lepida - Linden.jpg

| image_caption = Polycycnis lepida
1869 illustrationPolycycnis lepida Linden & Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1869: 1038 (1869).

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| taxon = Polycycnis

| authority = Rchb. f.

| type_species = Polycycnis muscifera

| type_species_authority = (Lindl.) Rchb. f.

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| synonyms = Polycycnopsis Szlach.

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Polycycnis, abbreviated in horticultural trade as Pcn, is a genus of orchid, comprising 17 species found in Central America, and northern South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=162364 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroDressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.