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Elleanthus
Elleanthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. They are commonly known as tiger orchid. All the species are native to the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (Mexico, Central America, South America, West Indies).
List of species in genus Elleanthus
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Calelyna
subgenusCalelyna
Amethetinoidaea
subgenusAmethetinoidaea

Cephaleleyna
sectionCephaleleyna

Hymenophora
subgenusHymenophora

Chloidelyna
subgenusChloidelyna

Stachydelyna
subgenusStachydelyna

Elleanthus dussii
speciesElleanthus dussii
Elleanthus
subgenusElleanthus

Elleanthus aureus
speciesElleanthus aureus

Elleanthus petrogeiton
speciesElleanthus petrogeiton

Elleanthus lancifolius
speciesElleanthus lancifolius
Ottophora
subgenusOttophora

Elleanthus conifer
speciesElleanthus conifer

Elleanthus loxensis
speciesElleanthus loxensis

Elleanthus albiflorus
speciesElleanthus albiflorus

Elleanthus amethystinoides
speciesElleanthus amethystinoides

Elleanthus ventricosus
speciesElleanthus ventricosus

Elleanthus jimenezii
speciesElleanthus jimenezii

Elleanthus scopula
speciesElleanthus scopula
Elleanthus kermesinus
speciesElleanthus kermesinus

Elleanthus linifolius
speciesElleanthus linifolius

Elleanthus bifarius
speciesElleanthus bifarius

Elleanthus cinnabarinus
speciesElleanthus cinnabarinus

Elleanthus cordidactylus
speciesElleanthus cordidactylus

Elleanthus ensatus
speciesElleanthus ensatus
Elleanthus porphyrocephalus
speciesElleanthus porphyrocephalus

Elleanthus wercklei
speciesElleanthus wercklei
Elleanthus gracilis
speciesElleanthus gracilis

Elleanthus muscicola
speciesElleanthus muscicola
Elleanthus columnaris
speciesElleanthus columnaris
Elleanthus strobilifer
speciesElleanthus strobilifer
Elleanthus ecuadorensis
speciesElleanthus ecuadorensis

Elleanthus malpighiiflorus
speciesElleanthus malpighiiflorus
Elleanthus teotepecensis
speciesElleanthus teotepecensis
Elleanthus embreei
speciesElleanthus embreei
Elleanthus kalbreyeri
speciesElleanthus kalbreyeri
Elleanthus rhizomatosus
speciesElleanthus rhizomatosus
Elleanthus rhodolepis
speciesElleanthus rhodolepis
Elleanthus roseus
speciesElleanthus roseus
Elleanthus ruizii
speciesElleanthus ruizii
Elleanthus scharfii
speciesElleanthus scharfii
Elleanthus setosus
speciesElleanthus setosus
Elleanthus steyermarkii
speciesElleanthus steyermarkii
Elleanthus stolonifer
speciesElleanthus stolonifer
Elleanthus tandapianus
speciesElleanthus tandapianus
Elleanthus tillandsioides
speciesElleanthus tillandsioides
Elleanthus tovarensis
speciesElleanthus tovarensis
Elleanthus venustus
speciesElleanthus venustus
Elleanthus vinosus
speciesElleanthus vinosus
Elleanthus wallnoeferi
speciesElleanthus wallnoeferi
Elleanthus weberbauerianus
speciesElleanthus weberbauerianus
Elleanthus yungasensis
speciesElleanthus yungasensis
Elleanthus ortizianus
speciesElleanthus ortizianus
Elleanthus peruvianus
speciesElleanthus peruvianus
Elleanthus sytsmae
speciesElleanthus sytsmae
Elleanthus ecallosus
speciesElleanthus ecallosus
Elleanthus dressleri
speciesElleanthus dressleri
Elleanthus cerrojefensis
speciesElleanthus cerrojefensis
Elleanthus archilae
speciesElleanthus archilae

Elleanthus escobarii
speciesElleanthus escobarii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 117486.