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Sophronitis
Sophronitis dayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Laeliinae
Alliance:	Cattleya
Genus:	Sophronitis Lindl., 1828
Species
See text.

Sophronitis is a genus of small, epiphytic or lithophytic orchids, growing in the damp montane forest of eastern Brazil, Paraguay and NE Argentine.

Sophronitis species are widely known for their red flowers, particularly Sophronitis coccinea.

They have short, ovoid, often densely clustered, pseudobulbs along the rhizome, in which grows a single, or rarely two, apical, erect, fleshy, gray green leaves.

The leaf gives rise to a terminal inflorescence with one to eight flowers. Sometimes this inflorescence is subtended by a spathaceous bract, sometimes erroneously called spathe (spathe is a typical form in some other families such as Araceae and Arecaceae). The flowers have similarly shaped sepals and petals, and can be yellow, pink, lavender, magenta, orange and red.

The trilobed lip has lateral lobes that partially encircle the column. The smaller midlobe has a yellow disc and the spur is adnate to the ovary. The lip often presents some lamellate calli.

Some species are yellow, and almost all species have some shades of orange due to natural variation within the species.

They are used extensively in hybridization to influence the small size and the dark red color of the progeny, such as in the hybrid x Sophrolaeliocattleya (xSlc.) Sophronitis species are quite small, a characteristic that may be conferred to progeny such that they are more compact.

This new classification was created by Van den Berg & M.W.Chase in 2000. In addition to the traditional small, red species, it included all Laelia species from Brazil, based on DNA evidence. The Mexican species still are Laelia.

Synonymy

Chironiella Braem, Brasilaelia Campacci, Dungsia Chiron & V.P.Castro, Hadrolaelia Chiron & V.P.Castro, Hoffmannseggella H.G.Jones, Lophoglottis Raf., Microlaelia Chiron & V.P.Castro, Sophronia Lindl. are synonyms of Sophronitis.

Species

Many of these species used to belong to the genus Laelia.

• Sophronitis acuensis Fowlie: Acu Sophronitis (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
• Sophronitis alaorii (Brieger & Bicalho) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Alaor's Sophronitis (Brazil - Bahia).
• Sophronitis alagoensis V.P.Castro & Chiron: (Brazil - Alagoas)
• Sophronitis alvaroana (F.E.L.Miranda) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
• Sophronitis angereri (Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Angerer's Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis bahiensis (Schltr.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: (Brazil - Bahia).
• Sophronitis bicolor F.E.L.Miranda: (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
• Sophronitis blumenscheinii (Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Blumenschein's Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis bradei (Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Brade's Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis brevicaulis (H.G.Jones) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: (Brazil).
• Sophronitis brevipedunculata (Cogn.) Fowlie: Short-stalked Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis briegeri (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis caulescens (Lindl.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Caulescent Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis cernua (Lindl.) Hook.: Nodding Sophronitis (Brazil to NE. Argentina).
  • Sophronitis cernua var. alagoensis (Brazil - Alagoas). Pseudobulb epiphyte
  • Sophronitis cernua var. cernua (Brazil to NE. Argentina). Pseudobulb epiphyte
• Sophronitis cinnabarina (Bateman ex Lindl.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Cinnabar Sophronitis (Brazil - S. Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro).
• Sophronitis coccinea (Lindl.)Rchb.f.: Scarlet Sophronitis (Brazil to Argentina - Misiones).
• Sophronitis conceicionensis (V.P.Castro & Campacci) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2005
• Sophronitis crispa (Lindl.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Crisped Sophronitis (SE. Brazil)
• Sophronitis crispata (Thunb.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Cliff-dwelling Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis dayana (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Day's Sophronitis (Brazil - S. Minas Gerais to Rio de Janeiro).

• Sophronitis duveenii (Fowlie) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: (Brazil - Minas Gerais: Serra do Cipó).
• Sophronitis endsfeldzii (Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Endsfeldz's Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis esalqueana (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis fidelensis (Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Saint Fidel's Sophronitis (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
• Sophronitis flavasulina (F.E.L.Miranda & K.G.Lacerda) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2005
• Sophronitis fournieri (Cogn.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Fournier's Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais)
• Sophronitis ghillanyi (Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Ghilany's Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis gloedeniana (Hoehne) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Gloeden's Sophronitis (Brazil - São Paulo).
• Sophronitis gracilis (Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Graceful Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais: Serra do Cipó).
• Sophronitis grandis (Lindl.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Grand Laelia (Brazil - SE. Bahia to N. Espírito Santo).
• Sophronitis harpophylla (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Sickle-leaf Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais to Espírito Santo).
• Sophronitis hispidula (Pabst & A.F.Mello) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis itambana (Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis jongheana (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Jonghe Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis kautskyi (Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Kautsky's Sophronitis (SE. Brazil)
• Sophronitis kettieana (Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Kettie's Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais)
• Sophronitis liliputana (Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Dwarf Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais: Serra do Ouro Branco).
• Sophronitis lobata (Lindl) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Lobed Sophronitis (SE. Brazil.
• Sophronitis longipes (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase : Long-column Sophronitis (SE. Brazil - Serra do Cipó).
• Sophronitis lundii (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase : Lund's Sophronitis (Bolivia to Argentina - Misiones, Salta).
  • Sophronitis lundii f. alba (L.C.Menezes) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2005
• Sophronitis mantiqueirae : Mantiqueira Sophronitis (SE. Brazil).
• Sophronitis marcaliana (Campacci & Chiron) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2005
• Sophronitis milleri (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Miller's Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).

• Sophronitis mixta (Hoehne) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: (Brazil - Espírito Santo).
• Sophronitis munchowiana (F.E.L.Miranda) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: (Brazil - Espírito Santo).
• Sophronitis pabstii (F.E.L.Miranda & K.G.Lacerda) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2005 (Brazil - Minas Gerais)
• Sophronitis pendula (R.C.Mota, P.L.Viana & K.G.Lacerda) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2005 (Brazil - Minas Gerais)
• Sophronitis perrinii (Lindl.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Perrin's Sophronitis (SE. Brazil)
• Sophronitis pfisteri (Pabst & Senghas) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Pfister's Sophronitis (Brazil - Bahia).
• Sophronitis praestans (Linden & Rchb.f.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Spectacular Sophronitis (SE. Brazil)
• Sophronitis pterocarpa Lindl. (Brazil to Paraguay).
• Sophronitis pumila (Hook.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Dwarf Sophronitis (SE. & S. Brazil)
• Sophronitis purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Purple-stained Sophronitis (SE. & S. Brazil)
• Sophronitis pygmaea (Pabst) Withner (Brazil - Espírito Santo).
• Sophronitis reginae (Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Regina's Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis sanguiloba (Withner) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Red-lobed Sophronitis (Brazil – Bahia)
• Sophronitis sincorana (Schltr) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Sincora Sophronitis (Brazil - Bahia).
• Sophronitis tenebrosa (Rolfe) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Dark Sophronitis (Brazil - SE. Bahia to Espírito Santo).
• Sophronitis tereticaulis (Hoehne) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Twisted-stem Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis verboonenii (F.E.L.Miranda) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
• Sophronitis virens (Lindl.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Green-flowered Sophronitis (SE. Brazil)
• Sophronitis wittigiana Barb.Rodr.: Wittig's Sophronitis (Brazil - Espírito Santo).
  • Sophronitis wittigiana]] f. candida Roeth & O.Gruss (2005)
• Sophronitis xanthina (Lindl.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase: Yellow Sophronitis (Brazil - Bahia to Espírito Santo).

Natural hybrids

• Sophronitis × carassana (S. lucasiana × S. mantiqueira) (Brazil)
• Sophronitis × cipoensis (S. crispata × S. ghillanyi) (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
• Sophronitis × espirito-santensis (S. pumila × S. xanthina) (SE. Brazil)
• Sophronitis x feldmanniana (F.E.L.Miranda & K.G.Lacerda) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2005
• Sophronitis × gerhard-santosii (S. harpophylla × S. kautskyana) (SE. Brazil).
• Sophronitis × lilacina (S. crispa × S. perrinii) (SE. Brazil).
• Sophronitis × mucugense (S. bahiensis × S. pfisteri) (Brazil - Bahia).
• Sophronitis x raganii (F.E.L.Miranda & K.G.Lacerda) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2005
• Sophronitis × wyattiana (S. crispa × S. lobata) (SE. Brazil)
• Sophronitis × zaslawskii (S. harpophylla × S. praestans) (SE. Brazil)

Gallery

• Sophronitis mixta
• Sophronitis longipes
• Sophronitis perrini
• Sophronitis sincorana Sophronitis sincorana

• Orchid genera