View source for Oncidium ← Oncidium You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Oncidium |accepted_authority=Swartz |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. |place=21: 239. 1800 |year=1800 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae;Oncidium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Oncidium]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek oncos, swelling, and - idium, diminutive, in reference to prominent lip callus |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 496, 497, 649, 650, 651 |treatment_page=page 648 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> epiphytic or terrestrial, ± cespitose. <b>Stems</b> pseudobulbs, green, ovoid. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, 1–3, not recurved; blade conduplicate, linear-lanceolate, dorsiventrally flattened, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> paniculate racemes, lateral branches to 10[–42] cm; bracts narrowly triangular. <b>Flowers</b> resupinate; sepals and petals distinct and free, oblong-elliptic, obovate to nearly quadrangular or nearly circular, apex retuse to obtuse, sometimes apiculate; lip pandurate, 3-lobed; callus prominent warty-tuberculate-fringed; column with wings, arms, or fingerlike projections; stigmatic cavity ± round; rostellum not prominent. <b>Fruits</b> capsules.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical and subtropical;Western Hemisphere. |discussion=<p>Species 800 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p><i>Oncidium</i> is a large polymorphic, and probably paraphyletic, assemblage.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=chase1987a |text=Chase, M. W. 1987. Systematic implications of pollinarium morphology in Oncidium Sw., Odontoglossum Kunth, and allied genera (Orchidaceae). Lindleyana 2: 8–28. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=garay1974a |text=Garay, L. A. and J. E. Stacy. 1974. A revision of Oncidium. Bradea 1: 393–428. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=sauleda1989a |text=Sauleda, R. P. and R. M. Adams. 1989. The orchid genera Oncidium Sw. and Tolumnia Raf. in Florida. Rhodora 91: 188–200. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Oncidium |author=Mark W. ChaseChase; Mark W. |authority=Swartz |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Orchidaceae |distribution=Tropical and subtropical;Western Hemisphere. |reference=chase1987a;garay1974a;sauleda1989a |publication title=Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. |publication year=1800 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1333.xml |subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae |tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae |subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae |genus=Oncidium }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Orchidaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Oncidium.