Sauroglossum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| image = Sauroglossum elatum, Garopaba - SC, Brasil imported from iNaturalist photo 429332271.jpg

| image_caption = Sauroglossum elatum

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| taxon = Sauroglossum

| authority = Lindl. (1833)

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=186347 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

| synonyms = * Synassa Lindl.

  • Schidorhynchos Szlach.

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Sauroglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. The genus is endemic to South America. As of June 2014, the following species are recognized:

  1. Sauroglossum andinum (Hauman) Garay - Ecuador, Argentina
  2. Sauroglossum aurantiacum (C.Schweinf.) Garay - Peru
  3. Sauroglossum corymbosum (Lindl.) Garay - Peru, Bolivia
  4. Sauroglossum distans Lindl. ex Garay - Bolivia
  5. Sauroglossum dromadum Szlach. - Peru
  6. Sauroglossum elatum Lindl - Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil
  7. Sauroglossum longiflorum (Schltr.) Garay - Ecuador, Colombia
  8. Sauroglossum odoratum Robatsch - Rio de Janeiro
  9. Sauroglossum organense Szlach. - Rio de Janeiro
  10. Sauroglossum schweinfurthianum Garay - Peru
  11. Sauroglossum sellilabre (Griseb.) Schltr. - Paraguay, Argentina

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