Comparettia falcata

Comparettia falcata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Oncidiinae
Genus: Comparettia
Species: Comparettia falcata
Varietates: (2)
C. f. var. falcata – C. f. var. paulensis

Name

Comparettia falcata Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 42 (1836)

• Type species:

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico. Northern South America French Guiana, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil Southeast. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Poeppig, E.F. & Endlicher, S.L. 1836. Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum 1: 42–43, t. 73.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 248 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Comparettia falcata. Accessed: 2021 May 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Comparettia falcata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Comparettia falcata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Comparettia falcata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Comparettia falcata. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Comparettia falcata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Snail orchid

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