Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Dichaea
Species: Dichaea pendula

Name

Dichaea pendula (Aubl.) Cogn. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 4: 182. (1903)

  • Type species:

Synonymy

  • Basionym
    • Limodorum pendulum Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 819 (1775)
  • Heterotypic
    • Epidendrum echinocarpon Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 124 (1788)
    • Cymbidium echinocarpon (Sw.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 71 (1799)
    • Pachyphyllum echinocarpon (Sw.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 731 (1826)
    • Dichaea echinocarpa (Sw.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 208 (1833), nom. illeg.
    • Dichaea pendula var. ciliata Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(6): 487 (1906)
    • Dichaea echinocarpa var. lobata Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11: 71 (1943)
    • Dichaea lobata (Ames & Correll) L.O.Williams, Ceiba 1: 189 (1950)
    • Dichaea pendula var. swartzii C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 77: 62 (1955)
    • Dichaea swartzii (C.Schweinf.) Garay & H.R.Sweet, J. Arnold Arbor. 53: 397 (1972)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama.
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Harding, P.A. (2008) Huntleyas and Related Orchids. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.

Vernacular names

English: Swartz's leafystem orchid

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