TYPE: Spiranthes transversalis Rich. & Gal. [Schlecter in 
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 382, 1920.] 
Six species native to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa 
Rica, and the Greater Antilles. 
Index to species 
albovaginata (C. Schweinf.) Balogh = Deiregyne albovaginata (C. Schweinf.) 
Garay 
Schiedeella Amesiana Garay, nom. nov. 
Basionym: Spiranthes Wrightii Ames, Orchid. 7: 131, 1922, not Schltr. 
1913. 
chartacea L.O.Wms. ex Balogh = Deiregyne chartacea (L.O.Wms.) Garay 
chloreaeformis (Rich. & Gal.) Balogh = Deiregyne diaphana (Lindl.) Garay 
congestiflora (L.O.Wms.) Balogh = Funckiella congestiflora (L.O.Wms.) 
Garay 
cobanensis (Schltr.) Schltr. = Kionophyton pyramidalis (Lindl.) Garay 
densiflora (C. Schweinf.) Balogh = Dithyridanthus densiflorus (C. Schweinf.) 
Garay 
eriophora (Robins. & Greenm.) Schltr. = Deiregyne eriophora (Robins. & 
Greenm.) Garay 
falcata (L.O.Wms.) Balogh = Deiregyne falcata (L.O.Wms.) Garay 
hyemalis (Rich. & Gal.) Balogh = Funckiella hyemalis (Rich. & Gal.) Schltr. 
Llaveana (LindI.) Schltr. 
michuacana (Llave & Lex.) Balogh = Stenorrhynchos michuacanum (Llave 
& Lex.) Lindl. 
muscicola (Garay & Dunsterv.) Garay & Dunsterv. = Stalkya muscicola 
(Garay & Dunsterv.) Garay 
Schiedeella Nagelii (L.O.Wms.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Spiranthes Nagelii L.O.Wms. in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 12: 230, 
1946. 
obtecta (C.Schweinf.) Balogh = Deiregyne obtecta (C.Schweintf.) Garay 
parasitica (Rich. & Gal.) Schltr. 
petiolata Schltr. = Schiedeella Llaveana (Lindl.) Schltr. 
pseudopyramidalis (L.O.Wms.) Balogh = Deiregyne pseudopyramidalis 
(L.O.Wms.) Garay 
pubicaulis (L.O.Wms.) Balogh = Lyroglossa pubicaulis (L.O.Wms.) Garay 
pyramidalis (Lindl.) Schltr. = Kionophyton pyramidalis (Lindl.) Garay 
rubrocallosa (Robins. & Greenm.) Balogh = Microthelys rubrocallosum 
(Robins. & Greenm.) Garay 
saltensis (Ames) Schltr. = Deiregyne durangensis (A. & S.) Garay 
sparsiflora (C.Schweinf.) Balogh = Physogyne sparsiflora (C. Schweinf.) 
Garay 
stolonifera (Ames & Correll) Balogh = Funckiella stolonifera (Ames & 
Correll) Garay 
tenella (L.O.Wms.) Balogh = Deiregyne tenella (L.O.Wms.) Garay 
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