Isabelia

Leptotes
Isabelia virginalis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae Subfamily: Epidendroideae Tribe: Epidendreae Subtribe: Laeliinae Genus: Isabelia Barb. Rodr. 1877
Type species
Isabelia virginalis Barb. Rodr. 1877
Species
I. pulchella (Kraenzl.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2001 I. violacea (Lindl.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2001 I. virginalis Barb.Rodr. 1877 I. × pabstii (Leinig) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2001
Synonym
Neolauchea Kraenzl. 1897 Sophronitella Schltr. 1925 ×Isanitella Leinig 1971

Isabelia is an orchid genus formed by three tiny species and one natural hybrid, spread from Northeast of Brazil to Argentina, which are closely related to the genus Constantia. During more than a century Isabelia was a genus formed by just one species, however, around 1978, it was merged with genus Neolauchea, also unispecific. In 2001, a third genus was added to it, Sophronitella.

Species

• Isabelia pulchella
• Isabelia violacea
• Isabelia virginalis
• Isabelia × pabstii, a natural hybrid between I. violacea and I. pulchella.