Oliver wrote: > >The authors (Ramiriez et al) attribute the pollen to Meliorcis caribea which >they promptly name in the paper. (Why Meliorchis - an orchis stuck to a bee, >melis: honey. Botanical crosswod puzzles.) Thye also publish a cladogram based >on plastid DNA sequences of 55 orchid genera and 5 Asparagales. This places >Zeuxine, Goodyera, Ludisia, Kreodanthus (new to me) and Microchilus - plus >this new thing - in Goodyerinae, within Orchidoideae. However. all of the >above are (I think) restricted to Asia whilst the ancient oddity came from the >New World.
There are a few Goodyera in North America, possibly some in Central or South America depending if some follow the Rocky Mountaina South into these regions. I know in general of Goodyeras repens, pubescens, tesselata, oblongifolia and a few varieties. Three grow in New York State alone. I did quick search for goodyera in central and south america but didn't find any hits. charles -- charles ufford oriskany, ny usa _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
