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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Ackermania
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| genus = '''''Ackermania'''''
| genus_authority = [[Calaway H. Dodson|Dodson]] & R.Escobar
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Ackermania''''' is a [[genus]] in the [[orchid]] [[family]] ([[Orchidaceae]]), classified in the [[subfamily]] [[Epidendroideae]], [[tribe]] [[Maxillarieae]], [[subtribe]] [[Zygopetalinae]]. This newly created genus, in alliance with [[Chondrorhyncha]], is named after [[James Ackerman]], an American orchid [[taxonomist]].
==Habitat==
These species are usually found in montane [[forest]]s of [[South America]], especially shady, foggy and moist ones.
== Species ==
There are 5 known species in this genus:
*''Ackermania caudata'' (also ''Chondrorhyncha caudata'' and ''Stenia caudata''): found in Peru ([[Cordillera del Cóndor]]), [[Colombia]] and [[Ecuador]].
*''Ackermania cornuta''
*''Ackermania hajekii'': this new species has been recently discovered in [[Peru]]. Plant epiphyte, it grows in wet tropical forest, at an altitude of around 3600 feet. Flowers during June and July (synonym : ''Benzingia hajekii'' (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler in Lankesteriana 5(2): 93. 2005 2005)
*''Ackermania jarae'': recently discovered in [[Huánuco]], Peru, this new species is a threatened one (synonym : ''Benzingia jarae'' (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler in Lankesteriana 5(2): 93. 2005 )
*''Ackermania palorae'' (also ''Stenia palorae'') (synonym : ''Benzingia palorae'' (Dodson & Hirtz) Dressler in Lankesteriana 5(2): 93. 2005 )
== Reference ==
*Orchid Research Newsletter No. 47 (January 2006) (Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew)
== External link ==
*[http://www.orchids.org/ooc/cgi_bin/direct.cgi?Ackermania Ackermania]
[[Category:orchid genera]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Ackermania
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| genus = '''''Ackermania'''''
| genus_authority = [[Calaway H. Dodson|Dodson]] & R.Escobar
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Ackermania''''' is a [[genus]] in the [[orchid]] [[family]] ([[Orchidaceae]]), classified in the [[subfamily]] [[Epidendroideae]], [[tribe]] [[Maxillarieae]], [[subtribe]] [[Zygopetalinae]]. This newly created genus, in alliance with [[Chondrorhyncha]], is named after [[James Ackerman]], an American orchid [[taxonomist]].
==Habitat==
These species are usually found in montane [[forest]]s of [[South America]], especially shady, foggy and moist ones.
== Species ==
There are 5 known species in this genus:
*''Ackermania caudata'' (also ''Chondrorhyncha caudata'' and ''Stenia caudata''): found in Peru ([[Cordillera del Cóndor]]), [[Colombia]] and [[Ecuador]].
*''Ackermania cornuta''
*''Ackermania hajekii'': this new species has been recently discovered in [[Peru]]. Plant epiphyte, it grows in wet tropical forest, at an altitude of around 3600 feet. Flowers during June and July (synonym : ''Benzingia hajekii'' (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler in Lankesteriana 5(2): 93. 2005 2005)
*''Ackermania jarae'': recently discovered in [[Huánuco]], Peru, this new species is a threatened one (synonym : ''Benzingia jarae'' (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler in Lankesteriana 5(2): 93. 2005 )
*''Ackermania palorae'' (also ''Stenia palorae'') (synonym : ''Benzingia palorae'' (Dodson & Hirtz) Dressler in Lankesteriana 5(2): 93. 2005 )
== Reference ==
*Orchid Research Newsletter No. 47 (January 2006) (Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew)
== External link ==
*[http://www.orchids.org/ooc/cgi_bin/direct.cgi?Ackermania Ackermania]
[[Category:orchid genera]]