Dracula Luer 1978

There are 3 SUBGENERA within Dracula

Dracula SUBGENUS Dracula

"This Subgenus has all the species of the genus except 2 esceptional species that have been removed to Monotypic subgenera. This subgenus is divided into 5 sections based on variations of the petals and the lip." Luer 1993

SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Andreettaea Luer 1978

This section contains one species that is characterized by elongated, subclavate petals and a transvere, convex, rugose lip.

TYPE species for the SECTION Andreettaea Luer 1978

!Dracula andreettae (Luer) Luer 1978

The Species:

  1. !Dracula andreettae (Luer) Luer 1978 Colombia, Ecuador

SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Chestertonia Luer 1978

"This section contains 2 species that are characterized by the stout petals nodular or hooded at the apex and a transverse, concave, multiveined lip." Luer 1993

TYPE species for the SECTION Chestertonia Luer 1978

!Dracula chestertonii [Rchb.f.]Luer 1978

The species

  1. !Dracula chestertonii [Rchb.f.]Luer 1978 Colombia

  2. Dracula cutis-bufonis Luer & R. Escobar 1978 Colombia

SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Cochliopsia Luer 1979

"The single species is characterized by the nearly free sepals and slender, clavate petals that resemble stalked eyes of a snail. The lip is not unlike that of many seen in the section Dracula." Luer 1993

TYPE for the SECTION

!Dracula cochliops Luer & R. Escobar 1979

  1. !Dracula cochliops Luer & R. Escobar 1979 Colombia

SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dodsonia Luer 1978

TYPE For the SUBGENUS

!Dracula dodsonii (Luer) Luer 1978

  1. !Dracula dodsonii (Luer) Luer 1978 Colombia, Ecuador

  2. Dracula insolita Luer & R.Escobar 1989 Colombia

  3. Dracula iricolor (Rchb. f.) Luer & R. Escobar 1982 Colombia, Ecuador

  4. Dracula portillae Luer & Andreetta 1980 Ecuador

SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula

TYPE For the GENUS and SUBGENUS and SECTION

!Dracula chimaera (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

The SECTION Dracula has 2 SUBSECTIONS

SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae Luer 1991

Characterized by the ribbed, lamellate or crested ovary.

TYPE For the SUBSECTION

!Dracula bella [Rchb.f.]Luer 1978

The Species

  1. !Dracula bella [Rchb.f.]Luer 1978 Colombia, Ecuador

  2. Dracula berthae Luer & R. Escobar 1979 Colombia

  3. Dracula deltoidea (Luer) Luer 1978 Ecuador

  4. Dracula dens-canis N.Peláez 2006 Colombia

  5. Dracula felix (Luer) Luer 1978 Colombia, Ecuador

  6. Dracula inaequalis (Rchb. f.) Luer & R. Escobar 1982 Colombia

  7. Dracula janetiae (Luer) Luer 1978 Ecuador?, Peru

  8. Dracula mantissa Luer & R. Escobar 1979 Colombia, Ecuador

  9. Dracula mopsus [F.Lehm & Kraenzel] Luer 1978 Ecuador

  10. Dracula nycterina (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978 Colombia

  11. Dracula ophioceps Luer & R.Escobar 1978 Colombia

  12. Dracula x pileus Luer & R.Escobar 1979 Colombia

  13. Dracula × pinasensis Zambrano & Solano 2011 Ecuador

  14. Dracula rojasii N.Peláez, Buitr.-Delg. & Gary Mey. 2009 Colombia

  15. Dracula x schudelii Luer & Hirtz 1999 Ecuador

  16. Dracula venosa (Rolfe) Luer 1978 Colombia, Ecuador

  17. Dracula vespertilio (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978 Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador

SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula

TYPE For the GENUS and SUBGENUS, SECTION and SUBSECTION

!Dracula chimaera (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

The SUBSECTION Dracula has 3 SUBSERIES

SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

This series contains the large flowered species with the blades of the seplasmore than .8" [2 cm] long or broad anad with large lips more than .32" [8 mm] broad.

TYPE For the GENUS and SUBGENUS, SECTION, SUBSECTION and SERIES

!Dracula chimaera (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

The species

  1. Dracula alcithoe Luer & R. Escobar 1981 Colombia, Ecuador

  2. !Dracula chimaera (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978 Colombia, Ecuador

  3. Dracula chiroptera Luer & Malo 1978 Colombia, Ecuador

  4. Dracula christineana Luer 2002 Ecuador

  5. Dracula dickinsoniana Vierling 2020 ?

  6. Dracula flabellulata Vierling 2020 ?

  7. Dracula gorgona (Veitch) Luer & R. Escobar 1978 Colombia

  8. Dracula hirtzii Luer 1979 Colombia, Ecuador

  9. Dracula lafleurii Luer & Dalström 1993 Ecuador

  10. Dracula ligiae Luer & R. Escobar 1989 Colombia

  11. Dracula polyphemus (Luer) Luer 1878 Ecuador

  12. Dracula radiosa (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978 Colombia, Ecuador

  13. Dracula robledorum [P.Ortiz]Luer 1978 Colombia

  14. Dracula roezlii (Rchb.f.) C.A.Luer 1978 Colombia

  15. Dracula severa (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978 Colombia

  16. Dracula sibundoyensis Luer & R.Escobar 1979 Colombia, Ecuador

  17. Dracula simia (Luer) Luer 1978 Ecuador, Peru

  18. Dracula terborchii Luer & Hirtz 1999 Ecuador

  19. Dracula tsubotae Luer 2002 Colombia

  20. Dracula tubeana (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978 Ecuador

  21. Dracula ubangina Luer 1980 Ecuador

  22. Dracula vampira [Luer]Luer 1978 Ecuador

  23. Dracula veleziana Luer & V.N.M.Rao 2005 Colombia

  24. Dracula vierlingii Luer & Sijm 2012 Ecuador

SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate Luer 1993

This series contains the large flowered species with the blades of the sepals more than .8" [2 cm] broad or long and with small lips less than .32" [8 mm] broad.

TYPE For the SERIES

Dracula platycrater (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978 = !Dracula spectrum (Rchb.f.) A.Doucette 2012

The species

  1. Dracula amaliae Luer & R. Escobar 1978 Colombia

  2. Dracula × anicula Luer & R.Escobar 1981 Colombia

  3. Dracula aphrodes Luer & R. Escobar 1989 Colombia

  4. Dracula bellerophon Luer & R. Escobar 1978 Colombia

  5. Dracula callithrix Palaez, Buitrago and Meyer 2009 Colombia

  6. Dracula dalstroemii Luer 1984 Ecuador

  7. Dracula deniseana Luer 2002 Peru

  8. Dracula gastrophora Luer & Hirtz 1989 Ecuador

  9. Dracula gigas (Luer) Luer 1978 Colombia

  10. Dracula hawleyi Luer 1978 Ecuador

  11. Dracula hirsuta Luer & Andreetta 1980 Ecuador

  12. Dracula inexperata Pupulin 2001 Costa Rica

  13. Dracula irmelinae N.Peláez & Gary Mey. & L.Mazariegos 2020 Colombia

  14. Dracula x kareniae Luer & Dalström 1997 Ecuador

  15. Dracula lehmanniana Luer & R.Escobar 1982 Colombia

  16. Dracula levii Luer 1978 Colombia, Ecuador

  17. Dracula mendozae Luer & V.N.M.Rao 2004 Ecuador

  18. Dracula orientalis Luer & R. Escobar 1982 Colombia

  19. Dracula ortiziana Luer & R. Escobar 1993 Colombia

  20. Dracula pholeodytes Luer & R. Escobar 1982 Colombia

  21. Dracula senex-furens N.Peláez, Buitr.-Delg. & Gary Mey. 2009 Colombia

  22. Dracula soennemarkii Luer & Dalström 2012 Ecuador

  23. Dracula spectrum (Rchb.f.) A.Doucette 2012 Colombia

  24. Dracula trigonopetala Gary Mey. & Baquero ex A.Doucette 2012 Ecuador

  25. Dracula trinympharum Luer 1993 Ecuador

  26. Dracula verticulosa Luer & R. Escobar 1989 Colombia

  27. Dracula vlad-tepes Luer & R. Escobar 1981 Colombia

  28. Dracula wallisii (Rchb. f.) Luer 1979 Colombia

  29. Dracula woolwardiae (F. Lehm. ex Kraenzl.) Luer 1978 Ecuador

SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

This series contains the small flowered species with the blades of the sepals less thatn .8" [2 cm] broad or long.

TYPE For the SERIES

!Dracula lotax [Luer]Luer 1978

The species

  1. Dracula adrianae Luer 1998 Colombia

  2. Dracula agnosia A.Doucette 2012 Panama

  3. Dracula anthracina Luer and Rodrigo Escobar 1982 Colombia

  4. Dracula antonii Luer 2002Colombia

  5. Dracula astuta (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978 Costa Rica

  6. Dracula barrowii Luer 2002 Peru

  7. Dracula benedictii (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978 Colombia

  8. Dracula brangeri Luer 1986 Colombia

  9. Dracula carcharodon Vierling 2020 ?

  10. Dracula carcinopsis Luer & R. Escobar 1989 Colombia

  11. Dracula carlueri J. Hermans & P.J. Cribb 1997 Costa Rica

  12. Dracula circe Luer & R. Escobar 1981 Colombia

  13. Dracula citrina Luer & R.Escobar 1982 Colombia

  14. Dracula cordobae Luer 1979 Ecuador

  15. Dracula dalessandroi Luer 1989 Ecuador

  16. Dracula decussata Luer & R.Escobar 1978 Colombia

  17. Dracula diabola Luer & R. Escobar 1979 Colombia

  18. Dracula diana Luer & R. Escobar 1981 Colombia

  19. Dracula erythrochaete (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978 Costa Rica, Panama

  20. Dracula exasperata Luer & R. Escobar 1989 Colombia

  21. Dracula fafnir Luer 1993 Ecuador

  22. Dracula fernandezii Cavestro 2013 Ecuador

  23. Dracula fuligifera Luer 1991 Ecuador

  24. Dracula fuliginosa (Luer) Luer 1978 Ecuador

  25. Dracula gorgonella Luer & R. Escobar 1981 Colombia

  26. Dracula houtteana (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978 Colombia

  27. Dracula immunda A.Doucette 2011 Panama

  28. Dracula incognita Luer & R. Escobar 1989 Colombia

  29. Dracula lemurella Luer & R. Escobar 1981 Colombia

  30. Dracula leonum Luer 1979 Peru

  31. Dracula lindstroemii Luer & Dalström 1991 Ecuador

  32. Dracula lotax [Luer]Luer 1978 Ecuador, Peru

  33. Dracula maduroi Luer 2004 Panama

  34. Dracula marieae Cavestro & J. Fernandez 2016 Ecuador

  35. Dracula marinii Baquero 2013 Ecuador

  36. Dracula marsupialis Luer & Hirtz 1986 Ecuador

  37. Dracula minax Luer & R.Escobar 1981 Colombia

  38. Dracula morleyi Luer & Dalström 1993 Ecuador

  39. Dracula navarroorum Luer & Hirtz 1993 Ecuador

  40. Dracula nigritella Luer 2002 Ecuador

  41. Dracula nosferatu Luer & R. Escobar 1989 Colombia

  42. Dracula octavioi Luer & R.Escobar 1979 Colombia

  43. Dracula olmosii Luer & Maduro 1999 Panama

  44. Dracula papillosa Luer & Dodson 1993 Ecuador

  45. Dracula posadarum Luer & R. Escobar 1981 Colombia

  46. Dracula presbys Luer & R.Escobar 1993 Colombia

  47. Dracula psittacina [Rchb.f.]Luer 1993 Colombia

  48. Dracula psyche (Luer & Andreetta) Luer 1978 Ecuador

  49. Dracula pubescens Luer & Dalström 1994 Ecuador

  50. Dracula pusilla (Rolfe) Luer 1978 Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia

  51. Dracula X radiosyndactyla Luer 1981 Colombia

  52. Dracula rezekiana Luer & R. Hawley 1979 Ecuador, Peru

  53. Dracula ripleyana Luer 1979 Costa Rica?

  54. Dracula saulii Luer & Sijm 2006 Peru

  55. Dracula sergioi Luer & R. Escobar 1978 Colombia

  56. Dracula sijmii Luer 2002 Ecuador

  57. Dracula smaug Baquero & Gary Mey. 2014 Ecuador

  58. Dracula syndactyla Luer 1981 Colombia

  59. Dracula tobarii Luer & Hirtz 2012 Ecuador

  60. Dracula velutina (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978 Colombia

  61. Dracula venefica Luer & R. Escobar 1981 Colombia, Ecuador

  62. Dracula villegasii Königer 1999 Colombia

  63. Dracula vinacea Luer & R. Escobar 1978 Colombia

Dracula SUBGENUS Sodiroa [Luer] Luer 1989

"This subgenus contains 2 species that are characterized by the erect, simultaneously flowered racemeof nutant, tubular flowers. The petals are membraneous. The indistinct epichile of the lip is shallowly rugose amd the hypochile contains a pair of tall lamaellae." Luer 1993

TYPE For the SERIES

!Dracula sodiroi (Schltr.) Luer 1978

The species

  1. Dracula erythrocodon (Luer & Dalström) O.Gruss & M.Wolff 2007 Ecuador

  2. !Dracula sodiroi (Schltr.) Luer 1978 Ecuador

Dracula SUBGENUS Xenosia Luer 1989

"This subgenus contains a single species that ischaracterized by the essentially free sepals of masdevalllia-like flowers, carinate, pointed petals and a lip with an indistinct transition between the epichile and the hypochile." Luer 1993." Luer 1993

TYPE For the SERIES

!Dracula xenos Luer & R. Escobar 1989

The species

  1. Dracula xenos Luer & R. Escobar 1989 Colombia

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