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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Oncidium

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Orchidaceae

Twenty-one species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Oncidium acinaceum

Native to Peru.

 

Oncidium brachyandrum

Native to Mexico.

 

Oncidium cocciferum

Native to Peru.

 

Oncidium falcipetalum

Native to Venezuela.

 

Oncidium flexuosum

Native from Brazil to Argentina.

 

Oncidium foveatum

Native to Peru.

 

Oncidium leucochilum

Native from Mexico to Honduras.

 

Oncidium longipes

Native to Brazil.

 

Oncidium macranthum

Native from Colombia to Peru.

 

Oncidium marshallianum

Native to Brazil.

 

Oncidium murinum

Native to Ecuador.

 

Oncidium nubigenum

Native to Colombia.

 

Oncidium obryzatum

Native to Peru.

 

Oncidium onustum

Native from Panama to Peru.

 

Oncidium ornithorrynchum

Native from Mexico to Costa Rica.

 

Oncidium orthostates

Native to Guyana.

 

Oncidium papilio

Native from Trinidad to Peru.

 

Oncidium phalaenopsis

Native to Ecuador.

 

Oncidium prionochilum

Native to the West Indies.

 

Oncidium splendidum

Native to Guatemala

 

Oncidium superbiens

Native from Venezuela to Peru.