Dear Charles, Microchilus is a genus present in almost all Latin American countries, I believe only Chile doesn't have any. It is exclusively neotropical and we have 10 species in Brazil. It has been accepted lately and revised in a recent work by Ormerod. All species were subordinated to Aspydogyne for a while.
Dalton Charles M. Ufford escreveu: > 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 _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
