Bulbophyllum sect. Bulbophyllaria

Short description: Section of flowering plants

Bulbophyllum sect. Bulbophyllaria

Bulbophyllum bracteolatum  from Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 24 (1838)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Asparagales
Family:  | Orchidaceae
Subfamily:  | Epidendroideae
Genus:  | Bulbophyllum
Section:  | Bulbophyllum sect. Bulbophyllaria
[Rchb.f] Griseb. 1864
Type species
Bulbophyllum bracteolatum

Species

See text

Bulbophyllum sect. Bulbophyllaria is a section of the genus Bulbophyllum.[1] It is one of six Bulbophyllum sections found in the Americas.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 Species
* 4 References

## Description

Species in this section have bifoliate pseudobulbs, inflorescence with fleshy a rachis holding flowers that are spirally arranged. Lateral sepals totally free, petals erect. Column foot with entire apex and shorter than the length of the column.[2]

## Distribution

Plants from this section are found in Central America through Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil .

## Species

Bulbophyllum section Bulbophyllaria comprises the following species:

Image | Name | Distribution | Elevation (m)

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| Bulbophyllum aristatum (Rchb.f.) Hemsl. 1884 | Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Venezuela | 55–1,500 metres (180–4,921 ft)
| Bulbophyllum bracteolatum Lindl. 1838 | French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil | 600 metres (2,000 ft)
| Bulbophyllum cirrhosum L.O.Williams 1940 | Mexico | 1,400–1,600 metres (4,600–5,200 ft)
| Bulbophyllum kegelii Hamer & Garay 1995 publ. 1997 | Trinidad to Brazil |
| Bulbophyllum oerstedii (Rchb.f.) Hemsl. 1884 | Colombia, southern Venezuela, Guyana and northern Brazil | 50–500 metres (160–1,640 ft)
| Bulbophyllum pinelianum (A.Rich.) Paul Abel Ormerod 2016 | Florida, the Caribbean, all of Central America as well as Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia | 0–1,000 metres (0–3,281 ft)
| Bulbophyllum sordidum Lindl. 1840 | Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador |
| Bulbophyllum wagneri Schltr. 1921 | Panama to Ecuador |

## References

1. ↑ "Bulbophyllum sect. Bulbophyllaria". https://www.tropicos.org/name/100488196.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Smidt, Eric C.; Borba, Eduardo L.; Gravendeel, Barbara; Fischer, Gunter A.; van den Berg, Cássio (2011). "Molecular phylogeny of the Neotropical sections of Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae) using nuclear and plastid spacers". Taxon (Wiley) 60 (4): 1050–1064. doi:10.1002/tax.604009. ISSN 0040-0262.

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