Ponthieva

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Ponthieva']

English: Shadow witch
مصرى: بونثيفا
перем коми: Понтиева
коми: Понтиева
кырык мары: Понтиева
удмурт: Понтиева

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Cranichideae • Subtribus: Cranichidinae • Genus: Ponthieva R.Br. (1813)

Genus Ponthieva R.Br. (1813)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Nerissa Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 89 (1837) Androchilus Liebm. ex Hartm., Bot. Not. 1844: 101 (1844) Ocampoa A.Rich. & Galeotti, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., III, 3: 31 (1845) Schoenleinia Klotzsch ex Lindl., Veg. Kingd., ed. 2: 182 (1847) Calorchis Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 195 (1877) Exalaria Garay & G.A.Romero, Harvard Pap. Bot. 4: 479 (1999)

71 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 26 January 2020):

P. andicola, P. appendiculata, P. bicornuta, P. brenesii, P. brittoniae, P. camargoi, P. campestris, P. castanedoi, P. cesarensis, P. collantesii, P. cornuta, P. curvilabia, P. cuyujana, P. diptera, P. disema, P. dunstervillei, P. elegans, P. ephippium, P. fertilis, P. formosa, P. garayana, P. gimana, P. gracilis, P. hameri, P. hassleri, P. hermiliae, P. hildae, P. inaudita, P. insularis, P. jamesonii, P. keraia, P. kraenzliniana, P. lilacina, P. luegii, P. maculata, P. mandonii, P. mexicana, P. microglossa, P. micromystax, P. nicolasii, P. nigricans, P. oligoneura, P. ovatilabia, P. parvilabris, P. parvula, P. pauciflora, P. petiolata, P. phaenoleuca, P. pilosissima, P. pseudoracemosa, P. pubescens, P. pulchella, P. racemosa, P. rinconii, P. rostrata, P. schaffneri, P. similis, P. sprucei, P. sylvicola, P. triloba, P. trilobata, P. tuerckheimii, P. tunguraguae, P. unguiculata, P. vasqueziae, P. vasquezii, P. ventricosa, P. venusta, P. villosa, P. viridilimbata, P. weberbaueri

Included species (for Tropicos, 26 January 2020):

P. andicola, P. angustipetala, P. appendiculata, P. bicornuta, P. boliviensis, P. brenesii, P. brittoniae, P. calva, P. campestris, P. chuquiribambae, P. collantesii, P. cornuta, P. costaricensis, P. crinita, P. curvilabia, P. cuyujana, P. dicliptera, P. diptera, P. disema, P. dunstervillei, P. ecuadorensis, P. ekmanii, P. elata, P. elegans, P. ephippium, P. fertilis, P. formosa, P. garayana, P. gimana, P. glandulosa, P. gracilis, P. graciliscapa, P. gracilispica, P. grandiflora, P. guatemalensis, P. haitiensis, P. hameri, P. harrisii, P. hassleri, P. hermiliae, P. hildae, P. inaudita, P. insularis, P. jamesonii, P. keraia, P. koehleri, P. lancifolia, P. lilacina, P. luegii, P. maculata, P. mandonii, P. mexicana, P. microglossa, P. micromystax, P. montana, P. multiflora, P. napoensis, P. nigrescens, P. nigricans, P. oblongifolia, P. ochreata, P. oligonerua, P. oligoneura, P. orchioides, P. ovatilabia, P. paranaensis, P. parviflora, P. parvilabris, P. parvula, P. pauciflora, P. petiolata, P. phaenoleuca, P. pilosissima, P. poitaei, P. pseudoracemosa, P. pubescens, P. pulchella, P. racemosa, P. rinconii, P. rostrata, P. schaffneri, P. similis, P. sprucei, P. sylvicola, P. triloba, P. trilobata, P. tuerckheimii, P. tunguraguae, P. unguiculata, P. vallecaucana, P. vasqueziae, P. vasquezii, P. ventricosa, P. venusta, P. villosa, P. viridilimbata, P. wallisii, P. weberbaueri
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Ponthieva racemosa (Walter) C. Mohr (1901) - ex - Ponthieva glandulosa (Sims) R.Br. (1813) - ex - Neottia glandulosa Sims (1805)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Northern America
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Northern South America
  - Guyana, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North.
- Southern South America‘‘‘
  - Argentina Northwest, Paraguay.

Selected Weblinks

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