Bifrenaria atropurpurea

Bifrenaria atropurpurea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Maxillariinae
Genus: Bifrenaria
Species: Bifrenaria atropurpurea

Name

Bifrenaria atropurpurea Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 152. (1832).

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Maxillaria atropurpurea Lodd., Bot. Cab. 19: t. 1877 (1832), nom. nud.
• Heterotypic
  • Bifrenaria caparaoensis Brade, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 6: 16 (1943).
  • Bifrenaria atropurpurea var. caparaoensis (Brade) Hoehne, Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2(5): 116 (1950).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil Southeast. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1832. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 152.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 126 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Bifrenaria atropurpurea. Accessed: 2023 Mar 27.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Bifrenaria atropurpurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Mar 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Bifrenaria atropurpurea. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Mar 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Bifrenaria atropurpurea. Published online. Accessed: 27 Mar 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Bifrenaria atropurpurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Mar 2023.

Vernacular names

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