Dracula nycterina

Dracula nycterina
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. Costatae
Species: Dracula nycterina

Name

Dracula nycterina (Rchb.f.) Luer, Selbyana 2: 196 (1978)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Masdevallia nycterina Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1873: 1238 (1873)
• Heterotypic
  • Masdevallia chimaera André, Ill. Hort. 20: 25 (1873), nom. illeg.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Luer, C.A. 1978. Selbyana 2: 196.

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 nycterina. Accessed: 2021 Feb 16.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Dracula nycterina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 16. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Dracula nycterina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Dracula nycterina. Published online. Accessed: 16 Feb 2021.
• The Plant List 2013. Dracula nycterina in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 16.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Dracula nycterina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Feb 2021.

Vernacular names

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