What is "sarcoglottis"

Sarcoglottis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.

Species accepted as of June 2014:

1. Sarcoglottis acaulis (Sm.) Schltr. - from Grenada and Trinidad to Bolivia
2. Sarcoglottis acutata (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Garay - Minas Gerais
3. Sarcoglottis alexandri Schltr. ex Mansf. - São Paulo, Paraná
4. Sarcoglottis amazonica Pabst - Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana
5. Sarcoglottis assurgens (Rchb.f.) Schltr . - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Campeche, Yucatán, Guatemala
6. Sarcoglottis biflora (Vell.) Schltr. - Brazil
7. Sarcoglottis cerina (Lindl.) P.N.Don in J.Donn - Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador
8. Sarcoglottis curvisepala Szlach. & Rutk. - Bahia, Minas Gerais
9. Sarcoglottis degranvillei Szlach. & Veyret - French Guiana
10. Sarcoglottis depinctrix Christenson & Toscano - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
11. Sarcoglottis fasciculata (Vell.) Schltr. - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
12. Sarcoglottis glaucescens Schltr. - Rio Grande do Sul
13. Sarcoglottis gonzalezii L.C.Menezes - Minas Gerais
14. Sarcoglottis grandiflora (Hook.) Klotzsch - widespread across much of South America
15. Sarcoglottis heringeri Pabst - Brasília
16. Sarcoglottis herzogii Schltr. - Bolivia
17. Sarcoglottis homalogastra (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. - Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
18. Sarcoglottis itararensis (Kraenzl.) Hoehne - Paraná
19. Sarcoglottis juergensii Schltr. - Minas Gerais
20. Sarcoglottis lehmannii Garay - Colombia
21. Sarcoglottis lobata (Lindl.) P.N.Don in J.Donn - Hidalgo
22. Sarcoglottis magdalenensis (Brade & Pabst) Pabst - Brazil, Argentina
23. Sarcoglottis maroaensis G.A.Romero & Carnevali - Venezuela
24. Sarcoglottis metallica (Rolfe) Schltr. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana
25. Sarcoglottis micrantha Christenson - Peru
26. Sarcoglottis neglecta Christenson - Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica
27. Sarcoglottis pauciflora (Kuntze) Schltr. - central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
28. Sarcoglottis portillae Christenson - Ecuador
29. Sarcoglottis pseudovillosa Mytnik, Rutk. & Szlach. - Paraguay
30. Sarcoglottis riocontensis E.C.Smidt & Toscano - Bahia
31. Sarcoglottis rosulata (Lindl.) P.N.Don in J.Donn - Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Belize, Oaxaca
32. Sarcoglottis sceptrodes (Rchb.f.) Schltr - from central Mexico south to Panama
33. Sarcoglottis schaffneri (Rchb.f.) Ames in J.D.Smith - from central Mexico south to Honduras
34. Sarcoglottis schwackei (Cogn.) Schltr. - Brazil
35. Sarcoglottis scintillans (E.W.Greenw.) Salazar & Soto Arenas - Oaxaca
36. Sarcoglottis smithii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Nicaragua, Costa Rica
37. Sarcoglottis stergiosii Carnevali & I.Ramírez - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana
38. Sarcoglottis tirolensis Burns-Bal. & Merc.S.Foster - Paraguay
39. Sarcoglottis turkeliae Christenson - Ecuador
40. Sarcoglottis uliginosa Barb.Rodr. - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
41. Sarcoglottis umbrosa (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. - Brazil
42. Sarcoglottis ventricosa (Vell.) Hoehne - Brazil, Argentina
43. Sarcoglottis veyretiae Szlach. - Rio de Janeiro
44. Sarcoglottis villosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Schltr. - Brazil, Peru
45. Sarcoglottis viscosa Szlach. & Rutk. - Brazil
46. Sarcoglottis woodsonii (L.O.Williams) Garay - Panama