%0 Journal Article %T A subtribo Cranichidinae Lindl. (Orchidaceae) no Estado do Paran¨¢, Brasil %A Macagnan %A Tomas Andr¨¦ %A Smidt %A Eric de Camargo %A Azevedo %A Cec¨ªlia Oliveira de %J Brazilian Journal of Botany %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0100-84042011000300017 %X the aim of this study was to describe the species of the subtribe cranichidinae occurring in the paran¨¢ state, due to the few information available about its flora. eight species of cranichidinae, originally collected in 38 localities, were found through the analysis of herbarium specimens. cranichidinae are terrestrial herbs, with sessile to petiolate leaves, racemose inflorescence and non-resupinate flowers, usually green or white. baskervilla lindl. is represented only by b. paranaensis (kraenzl.) schltr.. cranichis sw. is characterized by a cochlear white and green spotted lip, and the genus is represented by c. muscosa sw. and c. candida (barb.rodr.) cogn.. prescottia was the most diverse genus with five species, p. densiflora (brongn.) lindl., p. lancifolia lindl., p. oligantha (sw.) lindl., p. montana barb. rodr. and p. stachyodes (sw.) lindl., and is recognized by a hooded lip with involute margins. cranichidinae occurs mainly in estepe ombr¨®fila and floresta ombr¨®fila densa. baskervilla paranaensis, c. muscosa, p. lancifolia and p. montana are endangered species in paran¨¢. the lectotype of cranichis candida, prescottia epiphyta barb. rodr., p. microrhiza barb. rodr., p. pubescens barb. rodr. and p. nivalis barb. rodr. were designated herein. prescottia epiphyta is a new synonym for p. lancifolia, and p. microrhiza and p. nivalis are new synonyms for p. oligantha. %K baskervilla %K cranichis %K flora of paran¨¢ %K iucn %K prescottia. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0100-84042011000300017&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en