Dracula benedicti

Dracula benedicti
plate in:
Florence H. Woolward - The Genus Masdevallia
(1896)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Dracula
Subgenus: Dracula subg. Dracula
Sectio: Dracula sect. Dracula
Subsectio: Dracula subsect. Dracula
Series: Dracula ser. Parviflorae
Species: Dracula benedicti

Name

Dracula benedicti (Rchb.f.) Luer, Selbyana 2: 194 (1978)

• Type species: Dracula sect. Parviflorae

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Masdevallia benedicti Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 197 (1874)
• Heterotypic
  • Masdevallia troglodytes E.Morren, Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 27: 97 (1877)
  • Dracula troglodytes (E.Morren) Luer, Selbyana 2: 198 (1978)
  • Dracula hubeinii Luer, Phytologia 47: 60 (1980)
  • Dracula benedictii var. hubeinii (Luer) Hermans, Orchid Digest 61(4): 10 (1997)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Luer, C.A. 1978. Selbyana 2: 194.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 349 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Luer, C.A. (1993) Icones Pleurothallidinarum, Vol.X - Systematics of Dracula in Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanic Garden, volume 46: pp.  10. ISSN 0164-1542

Links

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

Vernacular names

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