Cycnoches

Cycnoches is a genus of orchids native to South America, Central America and southern Mexico. Also called swan necks, swan orchids, or swanworts, they are epiphytes found in lowland and pre-montane forests.

List of species

Species accepted as of May 2025:

1. Cycnoches aureum <small>Lindl. & Paxton</small> (1852) – Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
2. Cycnoches barthiorum <small>G.F.Carr & Christenson</small> (1999) – Colombia
3. Cycnoches bennettii <small>Dodson</small> (1989) – Peru
4. Cycnoches brachydactylon <small>Schltr.</small> (1924) – Colombia
5. Cycnoches carrii <small>Christenson</small> (1999) – Peru
6. Cycnoches chlorochilon <small>Klotzsch</small> (1838) – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
7. Cycnoches christensonii <small>D.E.Benn.</small> (1998) – Peru
8. Cycnoches cooperi <small>Rolfe</small> (1913) – Peru, Brazil
9. Cycnoches dianae <small>Rchb.f.</small> (1852) – Panama
10. Cycnoches egertonianum <small>Bateman</small> (1842) – southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia
11. Cycnoches farnsworthianum <small>D.E.Benn. & Christenson</small> (2001) – Peru
12. Cycnoches glanduliferum <small>Rolfe</small> (1892) – southern Mexico, Central America
13. Cycnoches guttulatum <small>Schltr.</small> (1922) – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
14. Cycnoches haagii <small>Barb.Rodr.</small> (1881) – from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Bolivia and Brazil
15. Cycnoches herrenhusanum <small>Jenny & G.A.Romero</small> (1991) – Colombia, Ecuador
16. Cycnoches jarae <small>Dodson & D.E.Benn.</small> (1989) – Peru
17. Cycnoches lehmannii <small>Rchb.f.</small> (1878) – Ecuador, Peru
18. Cycnoches loddigesii <small>Lindl.</small> (1832) – from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Brazil
19. Cycnoches lusiae <small>G.A.Romero & Garay</small> (1999) – Venezuela
20. Cycnoches maculatum <small>Lindl.</small> (1840) – Colombia, Venezuela
21. Cycnoches manoelae <small>P.Castro & Campacci</small> (1993) – Brazil
22. Cycnoches pachydactylon <small>Schltr.</small> (1922) – Nicaragua, Panama
23. Cycnoches pentadactylon <small>Lindl.</small> (1843) – Peru, Brazil
24. Cycnoches peruvianum <small>Rolfe</small> (1891) – Ecuador, Peru
25. Cycnoches powellii <small>Schltr.</small> (1922) – Panama
26. Cycnoches quatuorcristis <small>D.E.Benn.</small> (1992) – Peru
27. Cycnoches rossianum <small>Rolfe</small> (1891) – Costa Rica
28. Cycnoches schmidtianum <small>Christenson & G.F.Carr</small> (2001) – Peru
29. Cycnoches stenodactylon <small>Schltr.</small> (1922) – Panama
30. Cycnoches suarezii <small>Dodson</small> (1989) – Ecuador
31. Cycnoches thurstoniorum <small>Dodson</small> (1989) – Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
32. Cycnoches ventricosum <small>Bateman</small> (1838) – Mexico, Central America
33. Cycnoches warszewiczii <small>Rchb.f.</small> (1852) – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama

References

• (1832) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 154.
• (Eds) (2009) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part 2): Epidendroideae, 21 ff. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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