Skeptrostachys

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| image = Skeptrostachys rupestris (as Spiranthes r.) - Veyretia cogniauxiana (as Spiranthes c.) - Skeptrostachys balanophorostachya (as Stenorrhynchos b.'-um) - Flora Brasiliensis 3-4-48.jpg

| image_caption = Skeptrostachys rupestris
fig. I and II
1895 illustrationAlfred Cogniaux (1841 - 1916) - von Martius, Eichler, Urban: "Flora Brasiliensis" vol. 3 pt. 4 tab. 48 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/137036)

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| taxon = Skeptrostachys

| authority = Garay

| type_species = Skeptrostachys rupestris

| type_species_authority = (Lindl.) Garay.

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Skeptrostachys is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to eastern South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Suriname).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=192551 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.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7468776#page/376/mode/1up Garay, Leslie Andrew. 1982. Skeptrostachys. Botanical Museum Leaflets of Harvard University 28(4): 358-360]

Species accepted as of June 2014:

1. Skeptrostachys arechavaletanii (Barb.Rodr.) Garay - Brazil, Uruguay
2. Skeptrostachys balanophorostachya (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Garay - Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay
3. Skeptrostachys berroana (Kraenzl.) Garay - Uruguay
4. Skeptrostachys congestiflora (Cogn.) Garay - Brazil
5. Skeptrostachys correana Szlach. - Argentina
6. Skeptrostachys disoides (Kraenzl.) Garay - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
7. Skeptrostachys gigantea (Cogn.) Garay - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
8. Skeptrostachys latipetala (Cogn.) Garay - Minas Gerais
9. Skeptrostachys paraguayensis (Rchb.f.) Garay - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
10. Skeptrostachys paranahybae (Kraenzl.) Garay - Paraná
11. Skeptrostachys rupestris (Lindl.) Garay - Brazil, Suriname, Paraguay, Uruguay
12. Skeptrostachys stenorrhynchoides Szlach. - Minas Gerais