Polycycnis, abbreviated in horticultural trade as Pcn, is a genus of orchid, comprising 17 species found in 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.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroDressler, 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.
Species Polycycnis acutiloba Schltr. - Colombia Polycycnis annectans Dressler - Ecuador Polycycnis aurita Dressler - Ecuador, Colombia Polycycnis barbata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras Polycycnis blancoi G.Gerlach - Costa Rica Polycycnis escobariana G.Gerlach - Colombia Polycycnis gratiosa Endrés & Rchb.f. - Panama, Costa Rica Polycycnis grayi Dodson - Ecuador Polycycnis lehmannii Rolfe - Colombia Polycycnis lepida Linden & Rchb.f. - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru Polycycnis muscifera (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador Polycycnis pfisteri Senghas, Tagges & G.Gerlach - Colombia Polycycnis silvana F.Barros - Bahia Polycycnis surinamensis C.Schweinf - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Suriname, Guyana Polycycnis tortuosa Dressler - Panama Polycycnis trullifera D.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru Polycycnis villegasiana G.Gerlach - Colombia
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