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Eurystyles

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

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Custard orchids
Eurystyles cotyledon (type species)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Spiranthinae
Genus: Eurystyles
Wawra1
Synonyms1
  • 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

See also

References

References

  1. "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.
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