Cuitlauzina

Cuitlauzina is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 8 recognized species, native to Mexico, Central America and Colombia.^[1]

Cuitlauzina
Cuitlauzina pendula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Oncidiinae
Genus:	Cuitlauzina Lex. in P.de La Llave & J.M.de Lexarza
Type species
Cuitlauzina pendula
Synonyms[1]
Dignathe Lindl. Lichterveldia Lem. Palumbina Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers Osmoglossum Schltr.

Species

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
	Cuitlauzina candida (Lindl.) Dressler & N.H.Williams	Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala	1,600–2,100 metres (5,200–6,900 ft)
	Cuitlauzina convallarioides (Schltr.) Dressler & N.H.Williams	Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala, Costa Rica	1,475–2,700 metres (4,839–8,858 ft)
	Cuitlauzina dubia (S.Rosillo) Yañez & Soto Arenas ex Solano	Mexico (Oaxaca)	1,500–2,200 metres (4,900–7,200 ft)
	Cuitlauzina egertonii (Lindl.) Dressler & N.H.Williams	Mexico(Chiapas) to Colombia	1,500–2,500 metres (4,900–8,200 ft)
	Cuitlauzina pandurata (Garay) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams	Ecuador	1,200–2,600 metres (3,900–8,500 ft)
	Cuitlauzina pendula Lex. in P.de La Llave & J.M.de Lexarza	Mexico	1,400–2,200 metres (4,600–7,200 ft)
	Cuitlauzina pulchella (Bateman ex Lindl.) Dressler & N.H.Williams	Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras	1,200–2,600 metres (3,900–8,500 ft)
	Cuitlauzina pygmaea (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams	Mexico (Hidalgo)	2,100 metres (6,900 ft)

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families^{[dead link]}

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

• Media related to Cuitlauzina at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Cuitlauzina at Wikispecies