Cyrtopodium
Genus of orchids
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Cyrtopodium, often abbreviated Cyrt in horticulture, is a genus of more than 40 species of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids found from Florida and Mexico through Argentina.[1] Cyrtopodium is the only genus in the monotypic subtribe Cyrtopodiinae.[2]
| Cyrtopodium | |
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| Cyrtopodium cristatum inflorescence with a caterpillar | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Cyrtopodiinae Benth. |
| Genus: | Cyrtopodium R.Br. |
| Type species | |
| Cyrtopodium andersonii (Lamb. ex Andrews) R. Br. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tylochilus Nees | |
The type species is C. andersonii, originally described in 1812 by A.B. Lambert as Cymbidium andersonii, and in 1813 used by Robert Brown to erect his new genus Cyrtopodium.[3]
List of species
- Cyrtopodium aliciae L.Linden & Rolfe
- Cyrtopodium andersonii (Lamb. ex Andrews) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton
- Cyrtopodium blanchetii Rchb.f.
- Cyrtopodium braemii L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium brandonianum Barb.Rodr.
- Cyrtopodium brunneum J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
- Cyrtopodium cachimboense L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium caiapoense L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium cipoense L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium confusum L.C.Menezes, 2008
- Cyrtopodium cristatum Lindl.
- Cyrtopodium dusenii Schltr.
- Cyrtopodium eugenii Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium flavum (Nees) Link & Otto ex Rchb.
- Cyrtopodium fowliei L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium gigas (Vell.) Hoehne
- Cyrtopodium glutiniferum Raddi
- Cyrtopodium graniticum G.A.Romero & Carnevali
- Cyrtopodium hatschbachii Pabst
- Cyrtopodium holstii L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium × intermedium Brade (C. gigas × C. glutiniferum)
- Cyrtopodium josephense Barb.Rodr.
- Cyrtopodium kleinii J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
- Cyrtopodium lamellaticallosum J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
- Cyrtopodium latifolium Bianch. & J.A.N.Bat.
- Cyrtopodium linearifolium J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
- Cyrtopodium lissochiloides Hoehne & Schltr.
- Cyrtopodium longibulbosum Dodson & G.A.Romero
- Cyrtopodium macedoi J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
- Cyrtopodium macrobulbon (Lex.) G.A.Romero & Carnevali
- Cyrtopodium minutum L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium naiguatae Schltr.
- Cyrtopodium pallidum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium palmifrons Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium paludicola Hoehne
- Cyrtopodium paniculatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay
- Cyrtopodium parviflorum Lindl.
- Cyrtopodium pflanzii Schltr.
- Cyrtopodium poecilum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium punctatum (L.) Lindl.
- Cyrtopodium saintlegerianum Rchb.f.
- Cyrtopodium schargellii G.A.Romero, Aymard & Carnevali
- Cyrtopodium triste Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium vernum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium virescens Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium willmorei Knowles & Westc.
- Cyrtopodium witeckii L.C.Menezes, 2009
- Cyrtopodium withneri L.C.Menezes
- Names brought to synonymy
- Cyrtopodium elegans, a synonym for Tetramicra canaliculata
Uses
In San Pablito, Puebla, Mexico, local Otomi artisans use an adhesive isolated from the orchid Cyrtopodium macrobulbon to patch holes in the amate paper they make. When amate is peeled off of its drying board, some portions remain adhered, resulting in holes and other defects on the sheet. Pseudobulbs of C. macrobulbon are cut, and the injured end is rubbed on a patch (also made of amate) and around the perimeter of the hole. The patch is placed over the hole and hammered into place to ensure adhesion.[4]
