Deiregyne is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Taxonomy The genus Deiregyne was described in 1920 by Rudolf Schlechter in Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt. 37: 426.
Etymology Deiregyne: generic name Greek formed from deire, "neck"; and gyne, «pistil» or «woman»; in reference to the sepal sitting on the ovary that forms a neck-like extension.
Species Species currently accepted as of :
Deiregyne alinae Szlach. - Michoacán Deiregyne callifera Salazar & Hern.-Cardona Deiregyne chartacea (L.O.Williams) Garay - central Mexico Deiregyne cochleata Szlach., R.González & Rutk. - Tamaulipas Deiregyne densiflora (C.Schweinf.) Salazar & Soto Arenas - central Mexico south to Oaxaca Deiregyne diaphana (Lindl.) Garay - Oaxaca Deiregyne eriophora (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Garay - central Mexico south to Guatemala Deiregyne falcata (L.O.Williams) Garay - Mexico and Honduras Deiregyne flavoferruginea (Szlach.) J.M.H.Shaw Deiregyne hagsateri (Szlach.) J.M.H.Shaw Deiregyne hio (Szlach.) J.M.H.Shaw Deiregyne nonantzin (R.González ex McVaugh) Catling - Jalisco Deiregyne obtecta (C.Schweinf.) Garay - Guatemala Deiregyne pallens (Szlach.) Espejo & López-Ferr. - Guerrero, Oaxaca Deiregyne pseudopyramidalis (L.O.Williams) Garay - Oaxaca Deiregyne pterygodium Szlach. - México State Deiregyne ramirezii R.González - Jalisco Deiregyne rhombilabia Garay - Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla Deiregyne sheviakiana (Szlach.) Espejo & López-Ferr. - Chiapas Deiregyne tamayoi Szlach. - Jalisco Deiregyne tenorioi Soto Arenas & Salazar Deiregyne thelyrnitra (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Guatemala Deiregyne velata (B.L.Rob. & Fernald) Garay - Chihuahua, Durango Deiregyne velutina (Szlach.) J.M.H.Shaw Deiregyne xochitliae (R.González & Lizb.Hern.) R.Kr.Singh & Sanjeet Kumar
See also List of Orchidaceae genera
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