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 (as far north as Veracruz), 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. Siegerist (1986) - Colombia
 * 2) Dmd. carnosiflora Siegerist (1986) - Brazil, Peru
 * 3) Dmd. elegans (Focke) Siegerist (1986) - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Trinidad, Suriname, Guyana, French Guinea
 * 4) Dmd. emarginata (G.Mey.) Hoehne (1934) 2n = 40 - southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, northern South America
 * 5) Dmd. latipetala Siegerist (1986) - Colombia, Central America
 * 6) Dmd. rimbachii (Schltr.) Schltr. (1922) - Ecuador
 * 7) Dmd. stenopetala (Hook.) Schltr. (1922) 2n = 40 - Jamaica, Trinidad, northern South America
 * 8) Dmd. tarapotana Dodson & D.E.Benn. (1989) - Peru

References and external links

 * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
 * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
 * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
 * Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart