{{Short description|Genus of American tiger orchids}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Elleanthus hymenophorus (Scott Zona) 001.jpg |taxon = Elleanthus |authority = C.Presl |synonyms_ref = <ref name="nadiag"/> |synonyms = *''Evelyna'' <small>Poepp. & Endl.</small> *''Adeneleuterophora'' <small>Barb.Rodr.</small> *''Adeneleuthera'' <small>Kuntze in T.E.von Post</small> *''Epilyna'' <small>Schltr.</small> *''Pseudelleanthus'' <small>Brieger in F.R.R.Schlechter</small> }}
'''''Elleanthus''''' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. They are commonly known as tiger orchid. All the species are native to the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (Mexico, Central America, South America, West Indies).<ref name="nadiag">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=66526 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
List of species in genus ''Elleanthus''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eol.org/pages/29339/|title=Genus ''Elleanthus''|accessdate=}}</ref> {{Div col}} * '' E. amethystinoides'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. amethystinus'' <small>(Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Rchb.f.</small> * '' E. ampliflorus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. aristatus'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. arpophyllostachys'' <small>(Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.</small> * '' E. asplundii'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. aurantiacus'' <small>(Lindl.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. aureus'' <small>(Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. auriculatus'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. bifarius'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. blatteus'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. bogotensis'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. bonplandii'' <small>(Rchb. f.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. bradeorum'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. brasiliensis'' <small>(Lindl.) Rchb.f.</small> * '' E. capitatellus'' <small>Dressler</small> * '' E. capitatus'' <small>(Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. caravata'' <small>(Aubl.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. caricoides'' <small>Nash</small> * '' E. carinatus'' <small>Dressler & Bogarmn</small> * '' E. caroli'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. caveroi'' <small>D.E. Benn. & Christenson</small> * '' E. cinnabarinus'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. columnaris'' <small>(Lindl.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. condorensis'' <small>Dodson</small> * '' E. confusus'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. congestus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. conifer'' <small>(Rchb. f. & Warsz.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. cordidactylus'' <small>Ackerman</small> * '' E. coriifolius'' <small>(Rchb.f. ex Linden) Rchb.f.</small> * '' E. crinipes'' <small>Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. decipiens'' <small>Dressler</small> * '' E. discolor'' <small>(Rchb. f. & Warsz.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. dussii'' <small>Cogn.</small> * '' E. ecuadorensis'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. ensatus'' <small>(Lindl.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. escobarii'' <small>Dodson</small> * '' E. flavescens'' <small>(Lindl.) Rchb.f.</small> * '' E. formosus'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. fractiflexus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. furfuraceus'' <small>(Lindl.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. gastroglottis'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. glaucophyllus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. glomera'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. gracilis'' <small>(Rchb. f.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. graminifolius'' <small>(Barb. Rodr.) Lxjtnant</small> * '' E. grandiflorus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. haematoxanthus'' <small>(Rchb.f. ex Linden) Rchb.f.</small> * '' E. hirsutis'' <small>Barringer</small> * '' E. hirtzii'' <small>Dodson</small> * '' E. hookerianus'' <small>(Barb. Rodr.) Garay</small> * '' E. hymenophorus'' <small>(Rchb. f.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. isochiloides'' <small>Lxjtnant</small> * '' E. jimenezii'' <small>(Schltr.) C. Schweinf.</small> * '' E. kalbreyeri'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. kermesinus'' <small>(Lindl.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. killipii'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. koehleri'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. laetus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. lancifolius'' <small>C. Presl</small> * '' E. lateralis'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. laxifoliatus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. leiocaulon'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. lentii'' <small>Barringer</small> * '' E. ligularis'' <small>Dressler & Bogarmn</small> * '' E. linifolius'' <small>C. Presl.</small> * '' E. longibracteatus'' <small>(Lindl. ex Griseb.) Fawc.</small> * '' E. maculatus'' <small>(Lindl.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. magnicallosus'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. malpighiiflorus'' <small>Carnevali & G.A. Romero</small> * '' E. muscicola'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. myrosmatis'' <small>(rchb.f.) Rchb.f.</small> * '' E. norae'' <small>Garay & Dunst.</small> * '' E. oliganthus'' <small>(Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. pastoensis'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. petrogeiton'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. phorcophyllus'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. poiformis'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. porphyrocephalus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. purpureus'' <small>(Rchb. f.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. reichenbachianus'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. rhizomatosus'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. rhodolepis'' <small>(Rchb. f.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. robustus'' <small>(Rchb. f.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. roseus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. ruizii'' <small>(Rchb. f.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. scharfii'' <small>Dodson</small> * '' E. scopula'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. setosus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. smithii'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. sodiroi'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. sphaerocephalus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. steyermarkii'' <small>Barringer</small> * '' E. stolonifer'' <small>Barringer</small> * '' E. strobilifer'' <small>(Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. tandapianus'' <small>Dodson</small> * '' E. teotepecensis'' <small>Soto Arenas</small> * '' E. tillandsioides'' <small>Barringer</small> * '' E. tonduzii'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. tovarensis'' <small>Ames</small> * '' E. tricallosus'' <small>Ames & C. Schweinf.</small> * '' E. ventricosus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. venustus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. vernicosus'' <small>Garay</small> * '' E. vinosus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. virgatus'' <small>(Rchb. f.) C. Schweinf.</small> * '' E. wageneri'' <small>(Rchb. f.) Rchb. f.</small> * '' E. wallnoeferi'' <small>Szlach.</small> * '' E. weberbauerianus'' <small>Kraenzl.</small> * '' E. wercklei'' <small>Schltr.</small> * '' E. yungasensis'' <small>Rolfe ex Rusby</small> {{Div col end}}
==See also== * List of Orchidaceae genera
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{aut| Berg Pana, H.}} 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart * {{aut|Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N.}} (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 598 ff. Oxford University Press
==External links== * {{Commons-inline|italic=1}} * {{Wikispecies-inline|Elleanthus|''Elleanthus''}} * [http://www.orchidspecies.com/ellcapitatus.htm IOSPE orchid photos, ''Elleanthus capitatus'' ] * [http://www.orchidspecies.com/ellaurantiacus.htm IOSPE orchid photos, ''Elleanthus aurantiacus'' ] * [http://sobralia.autrevie.com/Elleanthus_TheGenus.html Nina Rach, 2007, Sobralia pages, ''Elleanthus'' the genus, Native to Central and South America and the Caribbean (photos of several species)] * [http://www.orchidphotos.org/images/orchids_bad/speciesV2/Elleanthus/index.html La Perla, Orchid species photographs, ''Elleanthus'']
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