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Sigmatostalix
Oncidium is a genus of about 370 species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It is distributed across tropical and subtropical America from Mexico, Central America and the West Indies to northern Argentina, with one species (O. ensatum) extending into Florida. Common names for plants in this genus include dancing-lady orchid.
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2009 labeled the Oncidium alliance "grossly polyphyletic." In the same year, the American Orchid Society labeled the genus a "dumping ground". A consensus announced in April 2013 resulted in major taxonomic changes to Oncidium, Gomesa, Odontoglossum, Miltonia, and others. Much of this debate and subsequent housekeeping was initiated by significant research for the scientific publication Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5. One significant change is the move of most Brazilian Oncidium with a fused lateral sepal to the genus Gomesa.
27 branches of this group, most-observed first
Spotted Column Dancing Lady
speciesOncidium poikilostalix
Oncidium gramineum
speciesOncidium gramineum
Oncidium macrobulbon
speciesOncidium macrobulbon
Oncidium adamsii
speciesOncidium adamsii
Oncidium integrilabre
speciesOncidium integrilabre
Oncidium dilatatum
speciesOncidium dilatatum
Oncidium minaxoides
speciesOncidium minaxoides
Oncidium eliae
speciesOncidium eliae
Oncidium pichinchense
speciesOncidium pichinchense
Oncidium picturatissimum
speciesOncidium picturatissimum
Oncidium amazonicum
speciesOncidium amazonicum
Oncidium cuculligerum
speciesOncidium cuculligerum
Oncidium ibis
speciesOncidium ibis
Oncidium hirtzoides
speciesOncidium hirtzoides
Oncidium sergii
speciesOncidium sergii
Oncidium uncinatum
speciesOncidium uncinatum
Oncidium morganii
speciesOncidium morganii
Oncidium mexicanum
speciesOncidium mexicanum
Oncidium brownii
speciesOncidium brownii
Oncidium caquetanum
speciesOncidium caquetanum
Oncidium arangoi
speciesOncidium arangoi
Oncidium auriculatoides
speciesOncidium auriculatoides
Oncidium hymenanthum
speciesOncidium hymenanthum
Oncidium abortivoides
speciesOncidium abortivoides
Oncidium aristuliferum
speciesOncidium aristuliferum
Oncidium wallisoides
speciesOncidium wallisoides
Oncidium sarahforsythiae
speciesOncidium sarahforsythiae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 884515.