Ionopsis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Ionopsis']

• English: Violet orchid
• български: йонопсис
• 日本語: イオノプシス属
• кырык мары: Ионопсис
• русский: Ионопсис
• 中文: 鞋堇兰属, 新堇兰属

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Oncidiinae • Genus: Ionopsis Kunth (1816)

Genus Ionopsis Kunth (1816)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Iantha Hook., Exot. Fl. 2: t. 113 (1824) Cybelion Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 679 (1826) Jantha Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 797 (1840) Konantzia Dodson & N.H.Williams, Phytologia 46: 387 (1980)

6 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist'):

Type species Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl. (1826 ← Ionopsis pulchella Kunth. (1816)

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  Ionopsis satyrioides

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  Ionopsis utricularioides
  Type species

Further species

• Ionopsis burchellii Rchb.f. (1876)
• Ionopsis minutiflora (Dodson & N.Williams) Pupulin (1998)
• Ionopsis papillosa Pupulin (1998)
• Ionopsis satyrioides (Sw.) Rchb.f. (1863)
• Ionopsis zebrina Kraenzl. (1920)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America‘‘‘ Paraguay.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Ionopsis.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Ionopsis