Prosthechea aemula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Laeliinae
Genus: Prosthechea
Species: Prosthechea aemula

Name

Prosthechea aemula (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 376 (1997 publ. 1998)

Synonymy

  • Basionym
    • Epidendrum aemulum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1898 (1836)
  • Homotypic
    • Epidendrum fragrans var. aemulum (Lindl.) Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 136 (1881)
    • Encyclia fragrans subsp. aemula (Lindl.) Dressler, Phytologia 21: 440 (1971)
    • Encyclia aemula (Lindl.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 1257 (1993)
    • Anacheilium aemulum (Lindl.) Withner & P.A.Harding, Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums: 42 (2004)
  • Heterotypic
    • Epidendrum cordatum Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 38 (1831), nom. illeg.
    • Epidendrum cordifolium Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 557 (1840)
    • Epidendrum aemulum var. brevistriatum Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 37 (1876)
    • Epidendrum fragrans var. alticallum Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 138 (1882)
    • Epidendrum fragrans var. janeirense Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 137 (1882)
    • Epidendrum fragrans var. micranthum Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 138 (1882)
    • Epidendrum fragrans var. rivularium Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 137 (1882)
    • Epidendrum fragrans var. brevistriatum (Rchb.f.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(5): 85 (1898)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Panama.
    • Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.

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

References

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Vernacular names


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