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dancing lady orchids
Oncidium
Oncidium is a genus of about 370 species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It is distributed across tropical and subtropical America from Mexico, Central America and the West Indies to northern Argentina, with one species (O. ensatum) extending into Florida. Common names for plants in this genus include dancing-lady orchid.
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2009 labeled the Oncidium alliance "grossly polyphyletic." In the same year, the American Orchid Society labeled the genus a "dumping ground". A consensus announced in April 2013 resulted in major taxonomic changes to Oncidium, Gomesa, Odontoglossum, Miltonia, and others. Much of this debate and subsequent housekeeping was initiated by significant research for the scientific publication Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5. One significant change is the move of most Brazilian Oncidium with a fused lateral sepal to the genus Gomesa.
46 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Oblongata
sectionOblongata
Auriculatum
sectionAuriculatum
Heterantha
sectionHeterantha
Rostrata
sectionRostrata
Stellata
sectionStellata
Erectolobata
subgenusErectolobata
Sigmatostalix
subgenusSigmatostalix
Oncidium
sectionOncidium
Excavata
sectionExcavata
Concoloria
sectionConcoloria
Coloratum
sectionColoratum
Lobulatum
sectionLobulatum
Oncidioides
sectionOncidioides
Oncidium tenuipes
speciesOncidium tenuipes
Oncidium ghiesbreghtianum
speciesOncidium ghiesbreghtianum
Synsepala
sectionSynsepala
Planilabre
sectionPlanilabre
Oncidium panchrysum
speciesOncidium panchrysum
Oncidium microstigma
speciesOncidium microstigma
Parviflorum
sectionParviflorum
Oncidium cristatellum
speciesOncidium cristatellum
Oncidium putumayense
speciesOncidium putumayense
Oncidium kegeljanii
speciesOncidium kegeljanii
Oncidium cajamarcae
speciesOncidium cajamarcae
Oncidium universitas-cuencae
speciesOncidium universitas-cuencae
Oncidium polyadenium
speciesOncidium polyadenium
Oncidium discobulbon
speciesOncidium discobulbon
Oncidium vierlingii
speciesOncidium vierlingii
Oncidium oviedomotae
speciesOncidium oviedomotae
Oncidium amabile
speciesOncidium amabile
Oncidium amoenum
speciesOncidium amoenum
Oncidium alberti
speciesOncidium alberti
Oncidium albicans
speciesOncidium albicans
Oncidium armatum
speciesOncidium armatum
Oncidium rodrigoi
speciesOncidium rodrigoi
Oncidium massangei
speciesOncidium massangei
Oncidium echinops
speciesOncidium echinops
Oncidium odoratum
speciesOncidium odoratum
Toachica
sectionToachica
Oncidium lutzii
speciesOncidium lutzii
Oncidium storkii
speciesOncidium storkii
Oncidium alvarezii
speciesOncidium alvarezii
Oncidium ornithocephalum
speciesOncidium ornithocephalum
Oncidium decorum
speciesOncidium decorum
Oncidium unguiculoides
speciesOncidium unguiculoides
Oncidium wallisii
speciesOncidium wallisii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55350.