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The genus Prosthechea is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Prosthechea

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Prosthechea abbreviata (Schltr.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea aemula (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea alagoensis (Pabst) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea allemanii (Barb.Rodr.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea allemanoides (Hoehne) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea aloisii (Schltr.) Dodson & Hágsater	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea arminii (Rchb.f.) Withner & P.A.Harding	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea baculus (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea barbozae Pupulin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea bennettii (Christenson) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea bicamerata (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea bidentata W.E. Higgins	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Prosthechea bohnkiana V.P.Castro & G.F.Carr	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea boothiana (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea borsiana (Campacci) Campacci	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea brachiata (A.Rich. & Galeotti) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea brachychila (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea brassavolae (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea bueraremensis (Campacci) Campacci	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea bulbosa (Vell.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea caetensis (Bicalho) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea calamaria (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea campos-portoi (Pabst) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea campylostalix (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea carrii V.P.Castro & Campacci	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea chacaoensis (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea chimborazoensis (Schltr.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea chondylobulbon (A.Rich. & Galeotti) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea christensonii (Harding) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea christyana (Rchb.f.) Garay & Withner	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea cochleata (L.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Prosthechea concolor (Lex.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea crassilabia (Poepp. & Endl.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea cretacea (Dressler & G.E.Pollard) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea ebanii Chiron & V.P.Castro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea elisae Chiron & V.P.Castro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea faresiana (Bicalho) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea farfanii Christenson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea fausta (Rchb.f. ex Cogn.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea favoris (Rchb.f.) Salazar & Soto Arenas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea fortunae (Dressler) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea fragrans (Sw.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea fuertesii (Cogn.) Christenson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea garciana (Garay & Dunst.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea ghiesbreghtiana (A.Rich. & Galeotti) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea gilbertoi (Garay) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea glauca Knowles & Westc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea glumacea (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea grammatoglossa (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea greenwoodiana (Aguirre-Olav.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea guttata (Schltr.) Christenson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea hajekii D.E.Benn. & Christenson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea hartwegii (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea hastata (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea ionocentra (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea ionophlebia (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea jauana (Carnevali & I.Ramírez) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea joaquingarciana Pupulin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea kautskyi (Pabst) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea lambda (Linden & Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea lindenii (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea livida (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea macrothyrsodes (Rchb.f.) Christenson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea madrensis (Schltr.) Karremans	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea magnispatha (Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea marciliana (Campacci) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea megahybos (Schltr.) Dodson & Hágsater	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea mejia (Withner & P.A.Harding) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea michuacana (Lex.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea moojenii (Pabst) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea mulasii Soto Arenas & L.Cerv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea neglecta Pupulin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea neurosa (Ames) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea obpiribulbon (Hágsater) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea ochracea (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea ochrantha (A.Rich.) J.M.H.Shaw	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea ortizii (Dressler) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea pamplonensis (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea panthera (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea papilio (Vell.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea pastoris (Lex.) Espejo & López-Ferr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea pringlei (Rolfe) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea prismatocarpa (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea pseudopygmaea (Finet) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea pterocarpa (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea pulcherrima (Klotzsch) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea pulchra Dodson & W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea pygmaea (Hook.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea racemifera (Dressler) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea radiata (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea regentii V.P.Castro & Chiron	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea regnelliana (Hoehne & Schltr.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea rhombilabia (S.Rosillo) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea rhynchophora (A.Rich. & Galeotti) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea roraimensis V.P.Castro & Campacci	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea sceptra (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea schunkiana (Campacci & P.A.Harding) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea semiaperta (Hágsater) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea serpentilingua Withner & D.G.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea serrulata (Sw.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea sessiliflora (Edwall) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea silvana Cath. & V.P.Castro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea sima (Dressler) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea spondiada (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea squalida (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea suzanensis (Hoehne) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea tardiflora Mora-Ret. ex Pupulin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea terassaniana (Campacci & P.A.Harding) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea tigrina (Linden ex Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea tripunctata (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea trulla (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea vagans (Ames) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea vasquezii Christenson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea venezuelana (Schltr.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea vespa (Vell.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea villae-rosae P.Ortiz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea vitellina (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Prosthechea widgrenii (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 585 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Prosthechea. Of these 118 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 58 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Prosthechea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 585 species names for the genus Prosthechea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	118	20.2%
◕	Synonym	466	79.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.2%

All names

The status of the 643 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Prosthechea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	119	18.5%
◕	Synonym	523	81.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.2%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 25 are recorded as illegitimate

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 585 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Prosthechea, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	118	446	0	0	564	96.4%
	Medium confidence	0	20	0	0	20	3.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	1	1	0.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Prosthechea is as follows: