Clowesia

<i>Clowesia</i>

Clowesia

Genus of orchids

Clowesia is a genus of the family Orchidaceae. Species of this genus are epiphytic and contain many pseudobulbs with several internodes. The leaves of this plant are arranged alternatively in two vertical rows on opposite sides of the rachis. Clowesia has a simple gullet flower that allows for pollination by male euglossine bees. The flowers are often unisexual and contain a viscidium.

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Species

Seven species of this genus are currently recognized, all native to southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.[1]

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Hybrids

Clowesia is in the subtribe Catasetinae, and can be hybridized with the genus Catasetum, giving Clowesetum, and other genera auch as Cycnoches and Mormodes.

References

  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • Dressler, Robert L. The Orchids: Natural History and Classification. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981.
  • Media related to Clowesia at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Clowesia at Wikispecies


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