Teuscheria is a genus of orchids native to southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xliiIdárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín. The genus is named for Henry Teuscher, an award-winning landscape artist and horticulturalist.Neptune Designs Inc. The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia T-Z. Retrieved on 2009-04-01
Species accepted as of June 2014:
Teuscheria archilae Guatemala Teuscheria cornucopia - Ecuador Teuscheria desireei - Guatemala Teuscheria dodsonii - Ecuador Teuscheria elegans - Colombia Teuscheria guatemalensis - Guatemala Teuscheria horichiana - Costa Rica Teuscheria integrilabia - Ecuador Teuscheria pickiana - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Ecuador Teuscheria wageneri - Costa Rica to W. Colombia, Venezuela to NE. Ecuador
Of these species, three were described from Guatemala in 2013. These are T. archilae, T. desireei and T. guatemalensis.Archila, F., G.R. Chiron, & D. Szlachetko. 2013. Additions dans le genre Teuscheria (Orchidaceae, Bifrenariinae). Richardsoniana 13:257-266. (in French with abstracts in French, English and Spanish) According to the protologue, T. archilae and T. guatemalensis occur in the wild in Guatemala, while the type and the description of T. desireei were based on material cultivated in Guatemala but probably native to Venezuela.
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