Pseudocentrum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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Pseudocentrum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Central America, the West Indies and northern South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=166224 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Species recognized as of June 2014:

1. Pseudocentrum bursarium Rchb.f. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
2. Pseudocentrum guadalupense Cogn. in I.Urban - Guadeloupe[http://www.guadeloupe-parcnational.com/IMG/article_PDF/Redcouverte-de-Pseudocentrum_a644.pdf Parc national de la Guadeloupe, 2013, Redécouverte de Pseudocentrum guadalupense Cogn. (rediscovery of a species formerly thought to be extinct)]
3. Pseudocentrum hoffmannii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. - Costa Rica, Panama
4. Pseudocentrum macrostachyum Lindl. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
5. Pseudocentrum minus Benth. - Jamaica, Dominican Republic
6. Pseudocentrum purdii Garay - Colombia
7. Pseudocentrum sylvicola Rchb.f. - Colombia, Ecuador