{{Short description|Genus of orchids}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Psilochilus modestus.jpg | image_caption = ''Psilochilus modestus'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Psilochilus | authority = Barb.Rodr. }}
'''''Psilochilus''''' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies.<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=167011 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>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.</ref><ref>Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595</ref><ref>Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro</ref><ref>McLeish, I., N. R. Pearce & B. R. Adams. 1995. Native Orchids of Belize. 1–278.</ref><ref>Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.</ref>
#''Psilochilus carinatus'' <small>Garay</small> - Colombia #''Psilochilus dusenianus'' <small>Kraenzl. ex Garay & Dunst.</small> - Venezuela, Brazil #''Psilochilus macrophyllus'' <small>(Lindl.) Ames</small> - widespread from central Mexico and the West indies south to Peru #''Psilochilus maderoi'' <small>(Schltr.) Schltr.</small> - Colombia #''Psilochilus modestus'' <small>Barb.Rodr.</small> - Venezuela, Brazil #''Psilochilus mollis'' <small>Garay</small> - Ecuador #''Psilochilus physurifolius'' <small>(Rchb.f.) Løjtnant</small> - Venezuela, Guyana #''Psilochilus vallecaucanus'' <small>Kolan. & Szlach.</small> - Colombia
== See also == * List of Orchidaceae genera
== References == {{Reflist}}
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