Ponera (plant)

Genus of orchids

Ponera

Ponera juncifolia (as Hexisea tenuissima) - Oeonia brauniana \- Xenia 3 pl 300.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Asparagales
Family:  | Orchidaceae
Subfamily:  | Epidendroideae
Tribe:  | Epidendreae
Subtribe:  | Ponerinae
Genus:  | Ponera
Lindl.[1]
Type species
Ponera juncifolia

Lindl.

Synonyms[2]

Pseudoponera Brieger in F.R.R.Schlechter, not validly published

Ponera is a genus of orchids. It contains two currently accepted species, native to Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador.[2][3][4]

Species accepted as of June 2014:[2]

* Ponera exilis Dressler \- Colima, Jalisco, Guerrero, Mexico State
* Ponera juncifolia Lindl. \- widespread from Hidalgo to El Salvador

## References

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1. ^ Lindley, John. 1831. Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 113–114.
2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 432 ff. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
4. ^ Soto Arenas, M. A. 1990. Una nueva Orquidea de Morelos, Mexico: Ponera dressleriana. Orquídea (Mexico City), n.s. 12(1): 117–126.

## External links

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* Media related to Ponera at Wikimedia Commons
* Data related to Ponera at Wikispecies
* photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of Ponera exilis Dressler
* IOSPE orchid photos, Ponera juncifolia , Common Name The Reed-Like Leafed Ponera

Taxon identifiers

Ponera|

* Wikidata: Q3906635
* Wikispecies: Ponera (Orchidaceae)
* CoL: 8W2MH
* GBIF: 2785110
* GRIN: 9750
* IPNI: 30410-1
* IRMNG: 1295082
* NCBI: 123181
* Open Tree of Life: 14346
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30410-1
* Tropicos: 40014715
* WFO: wfo-4000030892

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