Elleanthus capitatus

Taxonavigation

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

Elleanthus capitatus (Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 475 (1862)

Basionym
- Evelyna capitata Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 32 (1836)
Homotypic
- Epidendrum capitatum (Poepp. & Endl.) Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 202 (1894)
Heterotypic
- Evelyna casapensis Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 709 (1852)
- Evelyna cephalophora Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 709 (1852)
- Evelyna cynarocephala Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 216 (1856)
- Elleanthus casapensis (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 475 (1862)
- Elleanthus cephalophorus (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 476 (1862)
- Elleanthus cynarocephalus (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 476 (1862)
- Elleanthus zamorensis Garay, Fl. Ecuador 9(225: 1): 109 (1978)
- Evelyna zamorensis (Garay) Dudek & Szlach., Richardiana 11: 9 (2010)

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil North.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Elleanthus capitatus. Accessed: 2022 Jan 10.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Elleanthus capitatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 10. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Elleanthus capitatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 10. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Elleanthus capitatus. 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 Jan 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Elleanthus capitatus. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jan 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Elleanthus capitatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jan 2022.

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