Barbosella


Barbosella is a genus of mostly creeping orchids. The genus has about 20 species, widespread across the West Indies and Latin America from Mexico and the Lesser Antilles to Argentina. Named after João Barbosa Rodrigues, an investigator of Brazilian orchids. They have solitary flowers with a unique lip base that works like a ball and socket.

Taxonomy

Barbosella miersii is thought to differ from the other species of Barbosella in terms of its lip. The monotypic genus Barbrodria was created to accommodate this species, However, it the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, this splinter group is currently not recognized.

List of species

  1. Barbosella australis Schltr., Brazil.
  2. Barbosella circinata Luer, Panama.
  3. Barbosella cogniauxiana Schltr., Brazil and Argentina.
  4. Barbosella crassifolia Schltr., Brazil.
  5. Barbosella cucullata Schltr., Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.
  6. Barbosella dolichorhiza Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.
  7. Barbosella dusenii Schltr., Brazil.
  8. Barbosella gardneri Schltr., Brazil.
  9. Barbosella geminata Luer, Costa Rica.
  10. Barbosella macaheensis Luer, Brazil.
  11. Barbosella miersii Schltr. - Brazil
  12. Barbosella orbicularis Luer, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, Venezuela and Ecuador.
  13. Barbosella portillae Luer, Ecuador.
  14. Barbosella prorepens Schltr., México, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador.
  15. Barbosella ricii Luer & R.Vásquez, Bolivia.
  16. Barbosella schista Luer & R.Escobar, Colombia and Venezuela.
  17. Barbosella spiritu-sanctensis F.Barros & Toscano, Brazil.
  18. Barbosella trilobata Pabst, Brazil.
  19. Barbosella vasquezii Luer, Bolivia.

    Synonyms

  20. Barbosella anaristella Garay see Barbosella dolichorhiza Schltr.
  21. Barbosella australis var. genuina Hoehne see Barbosella australis Schltr.
  22. Barbosella australis var. latipetala Hoehne see Barbosella australis Schltr.
  23. Barbosella australis var. loefgrenii Hoehne see Barbosella australis Schltr.
  24. Barbosella bradeorum Schltr. see Barbosella dolichorhiza Schltr.
  25. Barbosella brenesii Schltr. see Barbosella prorepens Schltr.
  26. Barbosella caespitifica Garay see Barbosella prorepens Schltr.
  27. Barbosella crassifolia var. aristata Hoehne see Barbosella crassifolia Schltr.
  28. Barbosella crassifolia var. genuina Hoehne see Barbosella crassifolia Schltr.
  29. Barbosella crassifolia var. minor Hoehne see Barbosella crassifolia Schltr.
  30. Barbosella dussii Dod see Barbosella prorepens Schltr.
  31. Barbosella fuscata Garay see Barbosella dolichorhiza Schltr.
  32. Barbosella gardneri var. dusenii Hoehne see Barbosella dusenii Schltr.
  33. Barbosella gardneri var. genuina Hoehne see Barbosella gardneri Schltr.
  34. Barbosella hamburgensis Hoehne see Barbosella crassifolia Schltr.
  35. Barbosella handroi Hoehne see Barbosella cogniauxiana Schltr.
  36. Barbosella kegelii Schltr. see Chamelophyton kegelii
  37. Barbosella loefgrenii Schltr. see Barbosella australis Schltr.
  38. Barbosella longiflora Schl tr. see Barbosella cucullata Schltr.
  39. Barbosella longipes Schltr. see Barbosella cucullata Schltr.
  40. Barbosella microphylla Schltr. see Barbosella gardneri Schltr.
  41. Barbosella monstrabilis Garay see Barbosella prorepens Schltr.
  42. Barbosella porschii Schltr. see Barbosella cogniauxiana Schltr.
  43. Barbosella reichenbachiana Schltr. see Restrepiopsis reichenbachiana Luer
  44. Barbosella rhynchantha Schltr. see Barbosella cucullata Schltr.
  45. Barbosella riograndensis Dutra ex Pabst see Barbosella cogniauxiana Schltr.
  46. Barbosella tolimensis Garay see Barbosella prorepens
  47. Barbosella varicosa Schltr. see Barbosella cucullata Schltr.