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Encyclia

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Encyclia

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Encyclia acutifolia Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia adenocarpa (Lex.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia adenocaula (Lex.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia advena (Rchb.f.) Porto & Brade Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia aenicta Dressler & G.E.Pollard Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia alata (Bateman) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia albopurpurea (Barb.Rodr.) Porto & Brade Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia alboxanthina Fowlie Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia × alcardoi V.P.Castro & Chiron Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia altissima Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia amazonica Brongn. ex Neumann Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia ambigua (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia andrichii L.C.Menezes Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia angustifolia (Sw.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia angustiloba Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia argentinensis (Speg.) Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia aspera (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia asperula Dressler & G.E.Pollard Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia auyantepuiensis Carnevali & I.Ramírez Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia × bajamarensis Sauleda & R.M.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia betancourtiana Carnevali & I.Ramírez Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia bipapularis (Rchb.f.) Acuña Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia bocourtii Múj.Benítez & Pupulin Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia bohnkiana V.P.Castro & Campacci Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia bracteata Schltr. ex Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia bractescens (Lindl.) Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia bradfordii (Griseb.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia bragancae Ruschi Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia caicensis Sauleda & R.M.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia cajalbanensis Múj.Benítez, Bocourt & Pupulin Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia calderoniae Soto Arenas Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia candollei (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia caximboensis L.C.Menezes Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia ceratistes (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia chapadensis L.C.Menezes Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia chiapasensis Withner & D.G.Hunt Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia chironii V.P.Castro & J.B.F.Silva Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia chloroleuca (Hook.) Neumann Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia clovesiana L.C.Menezes & V.P.Castro Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia contrerasii R.González Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia cordigera (Kunth) Dressler Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia cyperifolia (C.Schweinf.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia dasilvae V.P.Castro & Campacci Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia davidhuntii Withner & M.Fuente Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia dichroma (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia diota (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia diurna (Jacq.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia duveenii Pabst Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia edithiana L.C.Menezes Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia elegantula Dressler Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia euosma (Rchb.f.) Porto & Brade Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia expansa (Rchb.f.) P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia × fabianae B.P.Faria, A.D.Santana & Péres Junior Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia fehlingii (Sauleda) Sauleda & R.M.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia flabellata (Lindl.) B.F.Thurst. & W.R.Thurst. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia flava (Lindl.) Porto & Brade Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia fowliei Duveen Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia fucata (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia gallopavina (Rchb.f.) Porto & Brade Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia garciae-esquivelii Carnevali & I.Ramírez Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia garzonensis Withner Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia gonzalezii L.C.Menezes Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia gracilis (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia granitica (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia guadalupeae R.González & Alvarado Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia guatemalensis (Klotzsch) Dressler & G.E.Pollard Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia guentheriana R. Vásquez Accepted M TRO
Encyclia guianensis Carnevali & G.A.Romero Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia × guzinskii Sauleda & R.M.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia hanburyi (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia hermentiana Brongn. ex Neumann Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia × hillyerorum Sauleda & R.M.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia howardii (Ames & Correll) Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia huebneri Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia huertae Soto Arenas & R.Jiménez Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia inaguensis Nash ex Britton & Millsp. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia incumbens (Lindl.) Mabb. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia ionocentra Dressler Accepted M TRO
Encyclia ionosma (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia isochila (Rchb.f.) Dod Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia ivoniae Carnevali & G.A.Romero Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia joaosaiana Campacci & Bohnke Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia kennedyi (Fowlie & Withner) Hágsater Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia kermesina (Lindl.) P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia kienastii (Rchb.f.) Dressler & G.E.Pollard Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia kingsii (C.D.Adams) Nir Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia × knowlesii Sauleda & R.M.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia kundergraberi V.P.Castro & Campacci Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia leucantha Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia lineariloba Withner Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia × lleidae Sauleda & R.M.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia lorata Dressler & G.E.Pollard Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia × lucayana Sauleda & R.M.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia maderoi Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia magdalenae Withner Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia mapuerae (Huber) Brade & Pabst Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia maravalensis Withner Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia marxiana Campacci Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia meliosma (Rchb.f.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia microbulbon (Hook.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia microtos (Rchb.f.) Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia monteverdensis M.A.Díaz & Ackerman Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia mooreana (Rolfe) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia naranjapatensis Dodson Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia nematocaulon (A.Rich.) Acuña Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia nizandensis Pérez-García & Hágsater Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia obtusa (A.DC.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia oestlundii (Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf.) Hágsater & Stermitz Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia oliveirana Campacci Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia oncidioides (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia osmantha (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia ossenbachiana Pupulin Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia oxypetala (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia oxyphylla Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia pachyantha (Lindl.) Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia paraensis V.P.Castro & A.Cardoso Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia parallela (Lindl.) P.Ortiz Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia parviflora Regel Accepted M TRO
Encyclia parviloba (Fawc. & Rendle) Nir Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia patens Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia pauciflora (Barb.Rodr.) Porto & Brade Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia peraltensis (Ames) Dressler Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia perplexa (Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf.) Dressler & G.E.Pollard Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia phoenicea (Lindl.) Neumann Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia picta (Lindl.) Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia pilosa (C.Schweinf.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia plicata (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia pollardiana (Withner) Dressler & G.E.Pollard Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia profusa (Rolfe) Dressler & G.E.Pollard Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia pyriformis (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia × raganii Sauleda & R.M.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia randii (Barb.Rodr.) Porto & Brade Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia recurvata Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia replicata (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia rosariensis Múj.Benítez, R.Pérez & Pupulin Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia rosea (Gérard) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia rufa (Lindl.) Britton & Millsp. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia rzedowskiana Soto Arenas Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia santanae B.P.Faria, Péres Junior & A.D.Santana Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia santos-dumontii L.C.Menezes Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia sclerocladia (Lindl. ex Rchb.f.) Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia seidelii Pabst Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia selligera (Bateman ex Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia serroniana (Barb.Rodr.) Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia silvana Campacci Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia spatella (Rchb.f.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia spiritusanctensis L.C.Menezes Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia steinbachii Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia stellata (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia suaveolens Dressler Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia tampensis (Lindl.) Small Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia thrombodes (Rchb.f.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia tocantinensis V.P.Castro & Campacci Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia trachycarpa (Lindl.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia trautmannii Senghas Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia triangulifera (Rchb.f.) Acuña Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia tripartita (Vell.) Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia tuerckheimii Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia unaensis Fowlie Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia uxpanapensis Salazar Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia viridiflora Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia withneri (Sauleda) Sauleda & R.M.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia xerophytica Pabst Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia xipheroides (Kraenzl.) Porto & Brade Accepted H WCSP
Encyclia yauaperyensis (Barb.Rodr.) Porto & Brade Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 441 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Encyclia. Of these 165 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 44 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Encyclia. 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 441 species names for the genus Encyclia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 165 37.4%
◕ Synonym 252 57.1%
◕ Unplaced 1 0.2%
◕ Unassessed 23 5.2%

All names

The status of the 485 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Encyclia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 170 35.1%
◕ Synonym 291 60.0%
◕ Unplaced 1 0.2%
◕ Unassessed 23 4.7%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 441 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Encyclia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 162 222 0 0 384 87.1%
Medium confidence 3 26 0 0 29 6.6%
Low confidence 0 4 1 23 28 6.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Encyclia, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 3 26 0 16 0 45 10.2%
WCSP 162 226 1 0 0 389 88.2%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 7 0 7 1.6%