female flower
male flower

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Catasetinae
Genus: Catasetum
Species: Catasetum macrocarpum

Name

Catasetum macrocarpum Rich. ex Kunth, Syn. Pl. 1: 330 (1822)

  • Type species:

Synonymy

  • Heterotypic
    • Catasetum tridentatum Hook., Exot. Fl. 2: t. 90 (1824)
    • Catasetum floribundum Hook., Exot. Fl. 2: t. 151 (1825)
    • Catasetum claveringii Lindl. ex Van Geel, Sert. Bot. 2: t. 3 (1829)
    • Cypripedium cothurnum Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 63 (1831)
    • Catasetum tridentatum var. viridiflorum Hook., Bot. Mag. 61: t. 3329 (1834)
    • Monachanthus viridis Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1752 (1835), nom. illeg.
    • Catasetum macrocarpum var. bellum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 25: 74 (1886)
    • Catasetum macrocarpum var. chrysanthum L.Linden & Rodigas, Lindenia 5: 13 (1889)
    • Paphiopedilum cothurnum (Vell.) Pfitzer, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 42 (1894)
    • Catasetum macrocarpum var. carnosissimum Cogn., J. Orchidées 5: 219 (1895)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago.
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Colombia.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North,
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: Large-fruited Catasetum
español: Orquídea cabeza de monje
lietuvių: Stambiavaisis katinūsis
Nederlands: Apenkoporchidee
中文: 大果龙须兰


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