Brassavola cucullata

Brassavola cucullata

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: Brassavola
Sectio: Brassavola sect. Brassavola
Species: Brassavola cucullata

Name

Brassavola cucullata (L.) R.Br., Hortus Kew. (W.T.Aiton) 5: 216. (1813)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Epidendrum cucullatum L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1350. (1763)
• Homotypic
  • Cymbidium cucullatum (L.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 73. (1799)
  • Bletia cucullata (L.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 433. (1862)
• Heterotypic
  • Brassavola cuspidata Hook., Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3722. (1839)
  • Brassavola odoratissima Regel, Gartenflora 1: 325. (1852)
  • Bletia cucullata var. cuspidata (Hook.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 66. (1862)
  • Brassavola cucullata var. elegans Schltr., Orchis 13: 46. (1919)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Dominican Republic, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Colombia. 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 (2nd ed.) 5: 216.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 205 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brown, R. (1813) Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 216.
• Jones, H.G. (1975) Nomenclatural revision of the genus Brassavola R.Br. of the Orchidaceae. Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 79: 9–22.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brassavola cucullata. Accessed: 2022 May 31.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Brassavola cucullata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 31. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Brassavola cucullata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Brassavola cucullata. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Brassavola cucullata. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Brassavola cucullata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Daddy longlegs orchid
中文: 兜状白拉索兰

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