Eurystyles

Custard orchids
Eurystyles cotyledon (type species)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Spiranthinae
Genus: Eurystyles
Wawra[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Trachelosiphon Schltr.
  • Pseudoeurystyles Hoehne
  • Synanthes Burns-Bal., H.Rob. & Merc.S.Foster

Eurystyles is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to South America, Central America, the West Indies and Chiapas.[1]

As of December 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 23 species:[1]

  • Eurystyles actinosophila (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr.
  • Eurystyles alticola Dod
  • Eurystyles ananassocomos (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
  • Eurystyles auriculata Schltr.
  • Eurystyles barrerorum Szlach. & Kolan.
  • Eurystyles christensonii D.E.Benn.
  • Eurystyles cogniauxii (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
  • Eurystyles colombiana (Schltr.) Schltr.
  • Eurystyles cornu-bovis Szlach.
  • Eurystyles cotyledon Wawra
  • Eurystyles crocodilus Szlach.
  • Eurystyles domingensis Dod
  • Eurystyles gardneri (Lindl.) Garay
  • Eurystyles guentheriana (Kraenzl.) Garay
  • Eurystyles hoehnei Szlach.
  • Eurystyles lobata Chiron & V.P.Castro
  • Eurystyles lorenzii (Cogn.) Schltr.
  • Eurystyles luisortizii Ackerman
  • Eurystyles ochyrana (Szlach., Mytnik & Rutk.) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
  • Eurystyles rutkowskiana Szlach.
  • Eurystyles splendissima Szlach.
  • Eurystyles standleyi Ames
  • Eurystyles uxoris Bogarín

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Eurystyles Wawra". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  • Wawra von Fernsee, H. (1863) Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 13(1): 223.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 204 ff. Oxford University Press.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
  • Salazar, G.A. & Dressler, R.L. (2011) The leaves got it right again: DNA phylogenetics supports a sister-group relationship between Eurostlyes and Lankesterella (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae), Lankesteriana, 11(3): 337–347.
  • Media related to Eurystyles at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Eurystyles at Wikispecies


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