Encyclia is an orchid genus with about 170 species. It belongs to the subfamily Epidendroideae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae).
The type species is Encyclia viridiflora Hook., Bot. Mag. 55: t. 2831 (1828).
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species and natural hybrids:
- Encyclia acapulcensis <small>Viccon, Cetzal & Carnevali</small>
- Encyclia acutifolia <small>Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia adenocarpos <small>(Lex.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia adenocaula <small>(Lex.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia advena <small>(Rchb.f.) Porto & Brade</small>
- Encyclia aenicta <small>Dressler & G.E.Pollard</small>
- Encyclia alata <small>(Bateman) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia albopurpurea <small>(Barb.Rodr.) Porto & Brade</small>
- Encyclia alboxanthina <small>Fowlie</small>
- Encyclia altissima <small>Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia amazonica <small>Brongn. ex Neumann</small>
- Encyclia ambigua <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia andrichii <small>L.C.Menezes</small>
- Encyclia androsiana <small>Sauleda</small>
- Encyclia angustifolia <small>(Sw.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia angustiloba <small>Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia archilarum <small>W.E.Higgins</small>
- Encyclia argentinensis <small>(Speg.) Hoehne</small>
- Encyclia aspera <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia asperula <small>Dressler & G.E.Pollard</small>
- Encyclia atrorubens <small>(Rolfe) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia auyantepuiensis <small>Carnevali & I.RamÃÂrez</small>
- Encyclia belizensis <small>(Rchb.f.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia betancourtiana <small>Carnevali & I.RamÃÂrez</small>
- Encyclia bicalhoi <small>V.P.Castro & Bohnke</small>
- Encyclia bipapularis <small>(Rchb.f.) Acuña</small>
- Encyclia bocourtii <small>Múj.BenÃÂtez & Pupulin</small>
- Encyclia bohnkiana <small>V.P.Castro & Campacci</small>
- Encyclia bracteata <small>Schltr. ex Hoehne</small>
- Encyclia bractescens <small>(Lindl.) Hoehne</small>
- Encyclia bradfordii <small>(Griseb.) Carnevali & I.RamÃÂrez</small>
- Encyclia bragancae <small>Ruschi</small>
- Encyclia caicensis <small>Sauleda & R.M.Adams</small>
- Encyclia cajalbanensis <small>Múj.BenÃÂtez, Bocourt & Pupulin</small>
- Encyclia calderoniae <small>Soto Arenas</small>
- Encyclia candollei <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia ceratistes <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia chapadensis <small>L.C.Menezes</small>
- Encyclia chiapasensis <small>Withner & D.G.Hunt</small>
- Encyclia chloroleuca <small>(Hook.) Neumann</small>
- Encyclia conchaechila <small>(Barb.Rodr.) Porto & Brade</small>
- Encyclia contrerasii <small>R.González</small>
- Encyclia cordigera <small>(Kunth) Dressler</small>
- Encyclia correllii <small>Sauleda</small>
- Encyclia cyperifolia <small>(C.Schweinf.) Carnevali & I.RamÃÂrez</small>
- Encyclia davidhuntii <small>Withner & M.Fuente</small>
- Encyclia delacruzii <small>W.E.Higgins & Archila</small>
- Encyclia dichroma <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia dickinsoniana <small>(Withner) Hamer</small>
- Encyclia diota <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia diurna <small>(Jacq.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia dressleri <small>Beutelsp. & Mor.-Mol.</small>
- Encyclia duveenii <small>Pabst</small>
- Encyclia elegantula <small>Dressler</small>
- Encyclia enriquearcilae <small>Carnevali & Cetzal</small>
- Encyclia fehlingii <small>(Sauleda) Sauleda & R.M.Adams</small>
- Encyclia ferreirae <small>Campacci & J.B.F.Silva</small>
- Encyclia fimbriata <small>C.A.Bastos, Van den Berg & Meneguzzo</small>
- Encyclia flabellata <small>(Lindl.) B.F.Thurst. & W.R.Thurst.</small>
- Encyclia fowliei <small>Duveen</small>
- Encyclia fucata <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia gallopavina <small>(Rchb.f.) Porto & Brade</small>
- Encyclia garciae-esquivelii <small>Carnevali & I.RamÃÂrez</small>
- Encyclia gonzalezii <small>L.C.Menezes</small>
- Encyclia grahamii <small>(Hook.) Bosmenier, Esperon & Sauleda</small>
- Encyclia granitica <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia gravida <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia grisebachiana <small>(Cogn.) Acuña</small>
- Encyclia guadalupeae <small>R.González & Alvarado</small>
- Encyclia guanahacabibensis <small>Sauleda & Esperon</small>
- Encyclia guatemalensis <small>(Klotzsch) Dressler & G.E.Pollard</small>
- Encyclia guentheriana <small>(Kraenzl.) R.Vásquez</small>
- Encyclia guianensis <small>Carnevali & G.A.Romero</small>
- Encyclia halbingeriana <small>Hágsater & Soto Arenas</small>
- Encyclia hamiltonii <small>Sauleda & Esperon</small>
- Encyclia hanburyi <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia havanensis <small>O.Bello, Esperon & Sauleda</small>
- Encyclia hermentiana <small>Brongn. ex Neumann</small>
- Encyclia holguinensis <small>Soto Calvo, Esperon & Sauleda</small>
- Encyclia howardii <small>(Ames & Correll) Hoehne</small>
- Encyclia huertae <small>Soto Arenas & R.Jiménez</small>
- Encyclia ibanezii <small>Archila & W.E.Higgins</small>
- Encyclia inaguensis <small>Nash ex Britton & Millsp.</small>
- Encyclia incumbens <small>(Lindl.) Mabb.</small>
- Encyclia inopinata <small>Leopardi, Carnevali & G.A.Romero</small>
- Encyclia ionosma <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia isochila <small>(Rchb.f.) Dod</small>
- Encyclia ivoniae <small>Carnevali & G.A.Romero</small>
- Encyclia jenischiana <small>(Rchb.f.) Porto & Brade</small>
- Encyclia joaosaiana <small>Campacci & Bohnke</small>
- Encyclia kennedyi <small>(Fowlie & Withner) Hágsater</small>
- Encyclia kermesina <small>(Lindl.) P.Ortiz</small>
- Encyclia kingsii <small>(C.D.Adams) Nir</small>
- Encyclia leucantha <small>Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia linearifolioides <small>(Kraenzl.) Hoehne</small>
- Encyclia lineariloba <small>Withner</small>
- Encyclia lopezii <small>Leopardi & Carnevali</small>
- Encyclia lorata <small>Dressler & G.E.Pollard</small>
- Encyclia mapuerae <small>(Huber) Brade & Pabst</small>
- Encyclia maravalensis <small>Withner</small>
- Encyclia meliosma <small>(Rchb.f.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia microbulbon <small>(Hook.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia microtos <small>(Rchb.f.) Hoehne</small>
- Encyclia moebusii <small>H.Dietr.</small>
- Encyclia monteverdensis <small>M.A.DÃÂaz & Ackerman</small>
- Encyclia mooreana <small>(Rolfe) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia naranjapatensis <small>Dodson</small>
- Encyclia navarroi <small>Vale & D.Rojas</small>
- Encyclia nematocaulon <small>(A.Rich.) Acuña</small>
- Encyclia obtusa <small>(A.DC.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia ochrantha <small>(A.Rich.) Withner</small>
- Encyclia oestlundii <small>(Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf.) Hágsater & Stermitz</small>
- Encyclia oliveirana <small>Campacci</small>
- Encyclia oncidioides <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia osmantha <small>(Barb.Rodr.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia ossenbachiana <small>Pupulin</small>
- Encyclia oxypetala <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia oxyphylla <small>Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia pachyantha <small>(Lindl.) Hoehne</small>
- Encyclia papillosa <small>(Bateman ex Lindl.) Aguirre-Olav.</small>
- Encyclia parallela <small>(Lindl.) P.Ortiz</small>
- Encyclia parkeri <small>Reina-Rodr. & Leopardi</small>
- Encyclia parviflora <small>(Regel) Withner</small>
- Encyclia parviloba <small>(Fawc. & Rendle) Nir</small>
- Encyclia patens <small>Hook.</small>
- Encyclia patriciana <small>(J.S.Moreno & Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw</small>
- Encyclia pauciflora <small>(Barb.Rodr.) Porto & Brade</small>
- Encyclia peraltensis <small>(Ames) Dressler</small>
- Encyclia perplexa <small>(Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf.) Dressler & G.E.Pollard</small>
- Encyclia phoenicea <small>(Lindl.) Neumann</small>
- Encyclia picta <small>(Lindl.) Hoehne</small>
- Encyclia pilosa <small>(C.Schweinf.) Carnevali & I.RamÃÂrez</small>
- Encyclia plicata <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia pollardiana <small>(Withner) Dressler & G.E.Pollard</small>
- Encyclia profusa <small>(Rolfe) Dressler & G.E.Pollard</small>
- Encyclia pyriformis <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia randii <small>(L.Linden & Rodigas) Porto & Brade</small>
- Encyclia recurvata <small>Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia remotiflora <small>(C.Schweinf.) Carnevali & I.RamÃÂrez</small>
- Encyclia replicata <small>(Lindl. & Paxton) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia richardiana <small>Rodr.Seijo, Esperon & Sauleda</small>
- Encyclia rodolfoi <small>Archila, Chiron & Véliz</small>
- Encyclia rosariensis <small>Múj.BenÃÂtez, R.Pérez & Pupulin</small>
- Encyclia rufa <small>(Lindl.) Britton & Millsp.</small>
- Encyclia rzedowskiana <small>Soto Arenas</small>
- Encyclia sabanensis <small>Vale, Pérez-Obr. & Faife</small>
- Encyclia sagrana <small>(A.Rich.) Soto Calvo, Esperon & Sauleda</small>
- Encyclia sclerocladia <small>(Lindl.) Hoehne</small>
- Encyclia seidelii <small>Pabst</small>
- Encyclia selligera <small>(Bateman ex Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia silverarum <small>Leopardi & Carnevali</small>
- Encyclia spatella <small>(Rchb.f.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia spiritusanctensis <small>L.C.Menezes</small>
- Encyclia steinbachii <small>Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia stellata <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia suaveolens <small>Dressler</small>
- Encyclia tampensis <small>(Lindl.) Small</small>
- Encyclia thienii <small>Dodson</small>
- Encyclia thrombodes <small>(Rchb.f.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia trachycarpa <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia trachychila <small>(Lindl.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia trautmannii <small>Senghas</small>
- Encyclia triangulifera <small>(Rchb.f.) Acuña</small>
- Encyclia tuerckheimii <small>Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia unaensis <small>Fowlie</small>
- Encyclia uxpanapensis <small>Salazar</small>
- Encyclia viridiflora <small>Hook.</small>
- Encyclia withneri <small>(Sauleda) Sauleda & R.M.Adams</small>
- Encyclia xerophytica <small>Pabst</small>
- Encyclia xipheres <small>(Rchb.f.) Schltr.</small>
- Encyclia yauaperyensis <small>(Barb.Rodr.) Porto & Brade</small>
Natural hybrids
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