Pleurothallis ruscifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Pleurothallis
Species: Pleurothallis ruscifolia

Name

Pleurothallis ruscifolia (Jacq.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 211 (1813)

  • Type species:

Synonymy

  • Basionym
    • Epidendrum ruscifolium Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 29 (1760)
  • Homotypic
    • Dendrobium ruscifolium (Jacq.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 84 (1799)
    • Humboltia ruscifolia (Jacq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 668 (1891)
  • Heterotypic
    • Pleurothallis laurifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 364 (1816)
    • Humboltia succosa Pav. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 5 (1830), not validly publ.
    • Pleurothallis succosa Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 5 (1830)
    • Pleurothallis multicaulis Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 47 (1836)
    • Humboltia laurifolia (Kunth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 667 (1891
    • Pleurothallis glomerata Ames, Schedul. Orchid. 4: 21 (1923)
    • Pleurothallis ruscifolia var. caquetana Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 55 (1924)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast.

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

References

Primary references

  • Brown, R. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (ed. 2.) 5: 211.

Vernacular names

English: Green bonnet orchid

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