Prosthechea baculus

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 baculus

Name

Prosthechea baculus (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 376 (1997 publ. 1998).

Synonymy

  • Basionym
    • Epidendrum baculus Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 214 (1856)
  • Homotypic
    • Encyclia baculus (Rchb.f.) Dressler & G.E.Pollard, Phytologia 21: 436 (1971)
    • Anacheilium baculus (Rchb.f.) Withner & P.A.Harding, Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums: 49 (2004)
  • Heterotypic
    • Epidendrum fragrans var. megalanthum Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 223 (1849)
    • Epidendrum pentotis Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 81 (1876)
    • Epidendrum acuminatum Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 202 (1894), nom. illeg.
    • Epidendrum confusum Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 7: 197 (1899)
    • Epidendrum beyrodtianum Schltr., Orchis 9: 49 (1915)
    • Encyclia pentotis (Rchb.f.) Dressler, Brittonia 13: 265 (1961)
    • Anacheilium confusum (Rolfe) Withner & P.A.Harding, Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums: 72 (2004)
    • Prosthechea confusa (Rolfe) W.E.Higgins, Selbyana 29: 214 (2009)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America 
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest.
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Southeast.
    • Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá.
    • Western South America
      • Colombia.

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

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