The gelechioid moth genus Stenoptera, established by Duponchel in 1838, is a junior synonym of Esperia. The gall midge genus Stenoptera, invalidly established by Meunier in 1902, has been renamed Neostenoptera.

Stenoptera
Botanical illustration of Stenoptera acuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Cranichidinae
Genus: Stenoptera
C.Presl
Type species
Stenoptera peruviana

Stenoptera is a genus of flowering plants from the family Orchidaceae, endemic to South America.[1][2][3]

Species

Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]

  1. Stenoptera acuta Lindl. - Peru, Brazil
  2. Stenoptera ciliaris C.Schweinf. - Peru
  3. Stenoptera ecuadorana Dodson & C.Vargas - Ecuador
  4. Stenoptera huilaensis Garay - Colombia
  5. Stenoptera laxiflora C.Schweinf. - Peru
  6. Stenoptera montana C.Schweinf. - Peru
  7. Stenoptera peruviana C.Presl - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  3. ↑ Presl, Carl Bořivoj. 1827. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(2): 95


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