Jacquiniella (tufted orchid) is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The diploid chromosome number of one species, J. globosa, has been determined as 2n = 38.page 252. Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278, The Linnean Society of London
Species Kew accepts (as of May 2014) twelve species of Jacquiniella:search for Jacquiniella on the "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families", https://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do
Jacquiniella aporophylla (L.O.Williams) Dressler Jacquiniella cernua (Lindl.) Dressler Jacquiniella cobanensis (Ames & Schltr.) Jacquiniella colombiana Schltr. Jacquiniella equitantifolia (Ames) Dressler Jacquiniella gigantea Dressler Jacquiniella globosa (Jacq.) Schltr. Jacquiniella leucomelana (Rchb.f.) Schltr. Jacquiniella pedunculata Dressler Jacquiniella standleyi (Ames) Dressler Jacquiniella steyermarkii Carnevali & Dressler Jacquiniella teretifolia (Sw.) Britton & P. Wilson
See also List of Orchidaceae genera
References
(2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 262 ff. Oxford University Press. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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