Eulophia alta

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonymy

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  • 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

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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

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Primary references

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

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English: Wild coco

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