Lankesterella

For the protist genus, see Lankesterella (alveolate).

Lankesterella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is found mostly in South America, with a few species extending north into Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.^[1]

Lankesterella
Lankesterella gnomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Spiranthinae
Genus:	Lankesterella Ames
Synonyms[1]
Cladobium Schltr., illegitimate name

Species

Species currently recognized as of June 2014:

• Lankesterella alainii Nir - Cuba, Dominican Republic
• Lankesterella caespitosa (Lindl.) Hoehne - Venezuela, Brazil
• Lankesterella ceracifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Mansf. - Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
• Lankesterella glandula Ackerman - Dominican Republic
• Lankesterella gnomus (Kraenzl.) Hoehne - Brazil
• Lankesterella longicollis (Cogn.) Hoehne - Brazil
• Lankesterella orthantha (Kraenzl.) Garay - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
• Lankesterella parvula (Kraenzl.) Pabst - Rio de Janeiro
• Lankesterella pilosa (Cogn.) Hoehne - Rio de Janeiro
• Lankesterella salehi Pabst - Brazil
• Lankesterella spannageliana (Hoehne & Brade) Mansf. - Rio de Janeiro

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera