Brassia maculata

Brassia maculata

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: Brassia
Species: Brassia maculata

Name

Brassia maculata R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 215. (1813)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Oncidium brassia Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 765 (1863)
• Heterotypic
  • Brassia guttata Lindl. in G.Bentham, Pl. Hartw.: 94 (1842)
  • Brassia wrayae Skinner ex Hook., Bot. Mag. 69: t. 4003 (1843)
  • Brassia maculata var. guttata (Lindl.) Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 5: 1 (1854)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Caribbean Cuba, Jamaica. 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: 215.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 232 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brassia maculata. Accessed: 2021 Mar 23.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Brassia maculata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 23. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Brassia maculata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Brassia maculata. 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 Mar 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Brassia maculata. Published online. Accessed: 23 Mar 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Brassia maculata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Mar 2021.

Vernacular names

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