Eulophia alta

Eulophia alta

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Eulophiinae
Genus: Eulophia
Species: Eulophia alta

Name

Eulophia alta (L.) Fawc. & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 1: 112 (1910).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Limodorum altum L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 2: 594 (1767).
• Homotypic
  • Bletia alta (L.) Hitchc., Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 132 (1893).
  • Platypus altus (L.) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S., ed. 2: 329 (1913).
  • Cyrtopera alta (L.) Stehlé, Bull. Agric. Martinique 8: 155 (1939).
• Heterotypic
  • Cyrtopodium woodfordii Sims, Bot. Mag. 43: t. 1814 (1816).
  • Dendrobium longifolium Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 360 (1816).
  • Xylobium longifolium (Kunth) Lindl. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 733 (1826).
  • Cypripedium epidendricum Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 64 (1831).
  • Maxillaria longifolia (Kunth) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 150 (1832).
  • Cyrtopera woodfordii (Sims) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 189 (1833).
  • Govenia barbata Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2: 5 (1836).
  • Cyrtopera longifolia var. pachystelidia Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 734 (1852).
  • Cyrtopera woodfordii var. pachystelidia Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 734 (1852).
  • Cyrtopera longifolia (Kunth) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 668 (1863).
  • Lissochilus amazonicus Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 89 (1877).
  • Cyrtopera amazonica (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 180 (1882).
  • Cyrtopera vellosiana Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 179 (1882), nom. superfl.
  • Paphiopedilum epidendricum (Vell.) Pfitzer, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 42 (1894).
  • Eulophia woodfordii (Sims) Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 68 (1897).
  • Cyrtopera longifolia var. amazonica (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(5): 355 (1901).
  • Platypus papilliferus Small & Nash in J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 329 (1903).
  • Eulophia longifolia (Kunth) Schltr., Die Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 347 (1914).
  • Eulophia longifolia var. flavescens Schltr., Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secç. Bot. 1(4): 62 (1922).
  • Eulophia longifolia var. amazonica (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. in F.C.Hoehne, Fl. Brasílica 12(6): 4 (1942).
  • Eulophia alta f. pallida P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 132 (1995).
  • Eulophia alta var. alba L.C.Menezes, Bol. CAOB 33: 70 (1998).
  • Eulophia alta f. pelchatii P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 4: 46 (1998).
  • Eulophia alta f. flavescens (Schltr.) F.Barros, Orchid Memories: 20 (2004).
  • Eulophia alta var. pachystelidia (Rchb.f.) G.A.Romero, Vanishing Beauty, Native Costa Rican Orchids 1: 318 (2005).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierre Leone. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida, Georgia, Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, C. American Pacific Islands, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fawcett, W. & Rendle, A.B. 1910. Flora of Jamaica, Containing Descriptions of the Flowering Plants Known from the Island 1: 112–113.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eulophia alta. Accessed: 2024 Dec 8.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Eulophia alta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Dec 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Eulophia alta. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Dec 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Eulophia alta. Accessed: 8 Dec 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Eulophia alta. Published online. Accessed: 8 Dec 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Eulophia alta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Dec 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Wild coco

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