Dimerandra


Dimerandra, abbreviated Dmd. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The group is found across tropical America: southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and northern South America.

Species

Kew, in its World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, has accepted 8 species in this genus:
  1. Dmd. buenaventurae Kraenzl. Emily [Steffan Siegerist|Siegerist] - Colombia
  2. Dmd. carnosiflora Siegerist - Brazil, Peru
  3. Dmd. elegans Siegerist - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Trinidad, Suriname, Guyana, French Guinea
  4. Dmd. emarginata Frederico [Carlos Hoehne|Hoehne] 2n = 40 - southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, northern South America
  5. Dmd. latipetala Siegerist - Colombia, Central America
  6. Dmd. rimbachii Schltr. - Ecuador
  7. Dmd. stenopetala Schltr. 2n = 40 - Jamaica, Trinidad, northern South America
  8. Dmd. tarapotana Dodson & D.E.Benn. - Peru