Teagueia

Teagueia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Teagueia
(Luer) Luer [1]

Teagueia is a genus of orchids.[2] They are found at high altitudes in the Andes in Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.[3]

As of December 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 18 species:[1]

  • Teagueia alyssana Luer & L.Jost
  • Teagueia anitana L.Jost & Shepard
  • Teagueia barbeliana L.Jost & Shepard
  • Teagueia beverlysacklerae L.Jost & Shepard
  • Teagueia cymbisepala Luer & L.Jost
  • Teagueia jostii Luer
  • Teagueia kostoglouana L.Jost & Shepard
  • Teagueia lehmannii Luer
  • Teagueia lizziefinchiana L.Jost & Shepard
  • Teagueia moisesii Chocce & M.E.Acuña
  • Teagueia phasmida (Luer & R.Escobar) O.Gruss & M.Wolff
  • Teagueia portillae Luer
  • Teagueia puroana L.Jost & Shepard
  • Teagueia rex (Luer & R.Escobar) O.Gruss & M.Wolff
  • Teagueia sancheziae Luer & L.Jost
  • Teagueia teaguei (Luer) Luer
  • Teagueia tentaculata Luer & Hirtz
  • Teagueia zeus (Luer & Hirtz) O.Gruss & M.Wolff

References

  1. ^ a b "Teagueia (Luer) Luer". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  2. ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  3. ^ Luer, C. A. 1991. Icones Pleurothallidinarum–VIII. Systematics of Lepanthopsis, Octomeria subgenus Pleurothallopsis, Restrepiella, Restrepiopsis, Salpistele, and Teagueia. Addenda to Platystele, Porroglossum, and Scaphosepalum. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 39: 1–161.