Octomeria
Encyclopedia
Octomeria is a plant genus
belonging to the family
Orchidaceae
. The genus comprises about 200 species
native to the Neotropics, mostly in Brazil
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The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Octomeria: Aspegrenia Poepp. & Endl., Enothrea Raf.
, Gigliolia Barb.Rodr., Octandrorchis Brieger (nom. inval.) and Pleurothallopsis Porto & Brade
.
Genus
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belonging to the family
Family (biology)
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Orchidaceae
Orchidaceae
The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...
. The genus comprises about 200 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
native to the Neotropics, mostly in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Octomeria: Aspegrenia Poepp. & Endl., Enothrea Raf.
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe, was a nineteenth-century polymath who made notable contributions to botany, zoology, the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America and Mesoamerican ancient linguistics.Rafinesque was eccentric, and is often portrayed as an...
, Gigliolia Barb.Rodr., Octandrorchis Brieger (nom. inval.) and Pleurothallopsis Porto & Brade
Alexander Curt Brade
Alexander Curt Brade was a German botanist who specialized in the study of the orchids and ferns of Brazil. Brade also realized an important and early series of collections of the flora of Costa Rica between 1908 and 1910 with his brother Alfred, who lived in San Jose and owned a horticultural...
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List of species
- Octomeria aetheoantha Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 106 (1881).
- Octomeria albiflora Hoehne & Schltr., Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 230 (1926).
- Octomeria albopurpurea Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 107 (1881).
- Octomeria alexandri Schltr., Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secç. Bot. 1(4): 53 (1922).
- Octomeria aloefoliaOctomeria aloefoliaOctomeria aloefolia is a species of orchid endemic to eastern Brazil....
Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 113 (1881). - Octomeria alpina Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 102 (1881).
- Octomeria amazonica Pabst, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 29: 8 (1967).
- Octomeria anceps Porto & Brade, Arq. Inst. Biol. Veg. 3: 134 (1937).
- Octomeria anomala Garay & Dunst., Venez. Orchids Ill. 6: 284 (1976).
- Octomeria arcuata Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 61 (1909).
- Octomeria auriculata Luer & Dalström, Selbyana 23: 26 (2002).
- Octomeria bomboizae Luer, Selbyana 23: 29 (2002).
- Octomeria bradei Schltr., Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secç. Bot. 1(4): 52 (1922).
- Octomeria brevifoliaOctomeria brevifoliaOctomeria brevifolia is a species of orchid endemic to the southern Neotropics....
Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(4): 643 (1896). - Octomeria buchtienii Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 57 (1929).
- Octomeria caetensis Pabst, Bradea 2: 316 (1979).
- Octomeria caldensis Hoehne, Arch. Inst. Biol. Defesa Agric. 2: 50 (1929).
- Octomeria callosa Luer, Phytologia 49: 197 (1981).
- Octomeria campos-portoi Schltr., Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 291 (1922).
- Octomeria cariocana Pabst, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 12: 134 (1953).
- Octomeria chamaeleptotesOctomeria chamaeleptotesOctomeria chamaeleptotes is a species of orchid occurring from Brazil to Argentina ....
Rchb.f., Linnaea 22: 817 (1850). - Octomeria chloidophylla (Rchb.f.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 21: 253 (1967).
- Octomeria cochlearis Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 15: 266 (1881).
- Octomeria colombiana Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 121 (1920).
- Octomeria concolorOctomeria concolorOctomeria concolor is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil ....
Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 100 (1881). - Octomeria connellii Rolfe, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 6: 60 (1901).
- Octomeria cordilabia C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 19: 204 (1961).
- Octomeria costaricensis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 111 (1923).
- Octomeria crassifoliaOctomeria crassifoliaOctomeria crassifolia is a species of orchid found from eastern Ecuador, Brazil to Uruguay....
Lindl., Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 354 (1836). - Octomeria crassilabia Pabst, Rodriguésia 18-19: 31 (1956).
- Octomeria cucullataOctomeria cucullataOctomeria cucullata is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil ....
Porto & Brade, Arq. Inst. Biol. Veg. 3: 135 (1937). - Octomeria dalstroemii Luer, Selbyana 22: 117 (2001).
- Octomeria decipiens Dammer, Orchis 4: 58 (1910).
- Octomeria decumbensOctomeria decumbensOctomeria decumbens is a species of orchid endemic to southern and southeastern Brazil....
Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(4): 642 (1896). - Octomeria deltoglossa Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 18: 199 (1958).
- Octomeria dentifera C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 19: 205 (1961).
- Octomeria diaphana Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 91 (1839).
- Octomeria edmundoi Brade, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 6: 14 (1943).
- Octomeria ementosaOctomeria ementosaOctomeria ementosa is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil ....
Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 102 (1881). - Octomeria erosilabia C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 3: 85 (1935).
- Octomeria estrellensisOctomeria estrellensisOctomeria estrellensis is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Brazil....
Hoehne, Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 1(1): 15 (1938). - Octomeria exchlorophyllata Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 103 (1881).
- Octomeria exigua C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 3: 86 (1935).
- Octomeria fasciculata Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 32 (1877).
- Octomeria fialhoensis Dutra ex Pabst, Sellowia 10: 133 (1959).
- Octomeria fibrifera Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 35: 63 (1925).
- Octomeria filifolia C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 19: 206 (1961).
- Octomeria fimbriata Porto & Peixoto, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 288 (1922).
- Octomeria flabellifera Pabst, Bradea 2: 56 (1975).
- Octomeria flaviflora C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 19: 207 (1961).
- Octomeria frenchiana P.Feldmann & N.Barré, Lindleyana 11: 199 (1996).
- Octomeria gehrtiiOctomeria gehrtiiOctomeria gehrtii is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil ....
Hoehne & Schltr., Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 232 (1926). - Octomeria gemmula Carnevali & I.Ramírez, Ernstia 39: 13 (1986).
- Octomeria geraensis (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 295 (1881).
- Octomeria glazioveana Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 8: 277 (1883).
- Octomeria gracilicaulis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 35: 63 (1925).
- Octomeria gracilis Lodd. ex Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 36 (1838).
- Octomeria graminifolia (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 211 (1813).
- Octomeria grandifloraOctomeria grandifloraOctomeria grandiflora is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil ....
Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 64 (1842). - Octomeria guentheriana Kraenzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 19 (1928).
- Octomeria harantiana I.Bock, Orchidee (Hamburg) 35: 49 (1984).
- Octomeria hatschbachii Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 45 (1926).
- Octomeria heleneana Carnevali & F.Delascio, Ernstia 45: 12 (1987).
- Octomeria helvola Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 110 (1881).
- Octomeria hirtzii Luer, Selbyana 23: 29 (2002).
- Octomeria hoehnei Schltr., Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 234 (1926).
- Octomeria iguapensis Schltr., Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secç. Bot. 1(4): 50 (1922).
- Octomeria integrilabia C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 3: 87 (1935).
- Octomeria irrorata Schltr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 325 (1919).
- Octomeria itatiaiae Brade & Pabst, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 28: 4 (1966).
- Octomeria juergensii Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 35: 64 (1925).
- Octomeria juncifoliaOctomeria juncifoliaOctomeria juncifolia is a species of orchid endemic to southern and southeastern Brazil....
Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 110 (1881). - Octomeria kestrochila Garay & Dunst., Venez. Orchids Ill. 6: 288 (1976).
- Octomeria lamellaris Luer, Selbyana 23: 30 (2002).
- Octomeria lancipetala C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 19: 210 (1961).
- Octomeria leptophylla Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 112 (1881).
- Octomeria lichenicola Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 112 (1881).
- Octomeria linearifoliaOctomeria linearifoliaOctomeria linearifolia is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil ....
Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 106 (1881). - Octomeria lithophilaOctomeria lithophilaOctomeria lithophila is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Brazil....
(Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 295 (1881). - Octomeria lobulosa Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 14: 215 (1858).
- Octomeria loddigesii Lindl., Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 354 (1836).
- Octomeria longifolia Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 58 (1924).
- Octomeria longipedicellata Seehawer, Orchidee (Hamburg) 56: 463 (2005).
- Octomeria margaretae Pabst ex Toscano, Bradea 3: 117 (1980).
- Octomeria mauritii Pabst & Moutinho, Bradea 3: 16 (1979).
- Octomeria medinae Luer & J.Portilla, Selbyana 23: 33 (2002).
- Octomeria micrantha Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 33 (1877).
- Octomeria minorOctomeria minorOctomeria minor is a species of orchid endemic to the Guyanas....
C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 3: 89 (1935). - Octomeria minuta Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(4): 633 (1896).
- Octomeria mocoana Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 59 (1924).
- Octomeria montana Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 108 (1881).
- Octomeria monticola C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 9: 43 (1941).
- Octomeria nanaOctomeria nanaOctomeria nana is an orchid species in the genus Octomeria found in Venezuela....
C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 19: 211 (1961). - Octomeria ochroleuca Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 31 (1877).
- Octomeria octomerianthaOctomeria octomerianthaOctomeria octomeriantha is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil ....
(Hoehne) Pabst, Bradea 1: 180 (1972). - Octomeria oncidioides Luer, Revista Soc. Boliv. Bot. 4: 11 (2003).
- Octomeria oxychela Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 99 (1881).
- Octomeria palmyrabellaeOctomeria palmyrabellaeOctomeria palmyrabellae is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil ....
Barb.Rodr., Rodriguésia 8: 38 (1937). - Octomeria parvifolia Rolfe, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 6: 60 (1901).
- Octomeria parvula C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 3: 90 (1935).
- Octomeria peruviana D.E.Benn. & Christenson, Icon. Orchid. Peruv.: t. 521 (1998).
- Octomeria petulans Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 15: 59 (1859).
- Octomeria pinicolaOctomeria pinicolaOctomeria pinicola is a species of orchid found from Brazil to Argentina ....
Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 101 (1881). - Octomeria portillae Luer & Hirtz, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95: 235 (2004).
- Octomeria praestansOctomeria praestansOctomeria praestans is a species of orchid endemic to southern and southeastern Brazil....
Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 112 (1881). - Octomeria prostrata H.Stenzel, Lindleyana 16: 26 (2001).
- Octomeria pusilla Lindl., Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 354 (1836).
- Octomeria pygmaea C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 14: 53 (1949).
- Octomeria recchiana Hoehne, Bol. Inst. Brasil. Sci. 3: 48 (1928).
- Octomeria reitzii Pabst, Sellowia 7: 178 (1956).
- Octomeria rhizomatosa C.Schweinf., Fieldiana, Bot. 28(1): 188 (1951).
- Octomeria rhodoglossa Schltr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 276 (1918).
- Octomeria rigida Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 104 (1881).
- Octomeria riograndensis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 35: 65 (1925).
- Octomeria rodeiensisOctomeria rodeiensisOctomeria rodeiensis is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Brazil and Ecuador....
Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 105 (1881). - Octomeria rodriguesii Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(4): 629 (1896).
- Octomeria rohriiOctomeria rohriiOctomeria rohrii is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil ....
Pabst, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 13: 220 (1951). - Octomeria romerorum Carnevali & I.Ramírez, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 77: 551 (1990).
- Octomeria rotundata Luer & Hirtz, Selbyana 22: 117 (2001).
- Octomeria rotundiglossa Hoehne, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 137 (1937).
- Octomeria rubrifolia Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 31 (1877).
- Octomeria sagittata (Rchb.f.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 21: 253 (1967).
- Octomeria sancti-angeli Kraenzl., Kongl. Svenska Vetensk Akad. Handl. 46(10): 52 (1911).
- Octomeria sarcophylla Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 104 (1881).
- Octomeria sarthouae Luer, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 13: 47 (1991).
- Octomeria saundersiana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 13: 264 (1880).
- Octomeria schultesii Pabst, Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 3: 268 (1962).
- Octomeria scirpoidea (Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 856 (1852).
- Octomeria serrana Hoehne, Bol. Inst. Brasil. Sci. 3: 45 (1928).
- Octomeria setigera Pabst, Anais Congr. Soc. Bot. Brasil 14: 17 (1964).
- Octomeria spannagelii Hoehne, Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 1(1): 17 (1938).
- Octomeria spatulata Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 16: 424 (1860).
- Octomeria splendida Garay & Dunst., Venez. Orchids Ill. 6: 292 (1976).
- Octomeria stellaris Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 99 (1881).
- Octomeria steyermarkii Garay & Dunst., Venez. Orchids Ill. 3: 204 (1965).
- Octomeria tapiricataractae G.A.Romero & Luer, Harvard Pap. Bot. 7: 84 (2002).
- Octomeria taracuana Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 42(2): 93 (1925).
- Octomeria tenuis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 455 (1912).
- Octomeria tricolorOctomeria tricolorOctomeria tricolor is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Brazil....
Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1872: 1035 (1872). - Octomeria tridentata Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 35 (1839).
- Octomeria truncicolaOctomeria truncicolaOctomeria truncicola is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil ....
Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 101 (1881). - Octomeria umbonulata Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 35: 67 (1925).
- Octomeria unguiculata Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 35: 66 (1925).
- Octomeria ventii H.Dietr., in Fl. Rep. Cuba, Ser. A., 12(2): 17 (2007).
- Octomeria warmingii Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 94 (1881).
- Octomeria wawrae Rchb.f. ex Wawra, Itin. Princ. S. Coburgi 2: 156 (1888).
- Octomeria wilsoniana Hoehne, Arch. Inst. Biol. Defesa Agric. 2: 51 (1929).
- Octomeria ximenae Luer & Hirtz, Selbyana 23: 33 (2002).
- Octomeria yauaperyensis Barb.Rodr., Vellosia, ed. 2, 1: 120 (1891).