Lycaste virginalis

Lycaste virginalis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Maxillariinae
Genus: Lycaste
Species: Lycaste virginalis

Name

Lycaste virginalis (Scheidw.) Linden, Lindenia 4: 22 (1888)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Maxillaria virginalis Scheidw., Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(1): 25 (1842)
• Homotypic
  • Lycaste skinneri var. virginalis (Scheidw.) Gajón Sánchez, Mejores Orquideas Mexico: 59 (1930), nom. illeg.
  • Lycaste skinneri f. virginalis (Scheidw.) Christenson, Lindleyana 11: 18 (1996), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Maxillaria skinneri Bateman ex Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 10 (1842), nom. illeg.
  • Lycaste skinneri Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 15 (1843)
  • Lycaste skinneri var. superba T.Moore, Fl. Mag. (London) 1861: t. 24 (1861)
  • Lycaste skinneri var. alba B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 117 (1862)
  • Lycaste skinneri var. delicatissima B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 117 (1862)
  • Lycaste skinneri var. picturata R.Warner, Select Orchid. Pl.: t. 10 (1862)
  • Lycaste skinneri var. purpurata R.Warner, Select Orchid. Pl.: t. 10 (1862)
  • Lycaste skinneri var. rosea B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 118 (1862)
  • Lycaste skinneri var. gloriosa R.Warner & B.S.Williams, Orchid Album 4: t. 183 (1885)
  • Lycaste skinneri var. reginae B.S.Williams, Orchid Album 6: t. 283 (1887)
  • Lycaste jamesiana auct., Garden (London 1871-1927) 35: 502 (1889)
  • Lycaste skinneri var. armeniaca Rolfe, Reichenbachiana, ser. 2, 1: 39 (1892)
  • Lycaste schoenbrunnensis Umlauft, Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 1893: 287 (1893)
  • Lycaste skinneri subvar. alba (Dombrain) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 9: 93 (1893)
  • Lycaste alba (Dombrain) Cockerell, Torreya 19: 11 (1919)
  • Lycaste skinneri var. cobanensis Archila, Revista Guatemal. 5(2): 46 (2002)
  • Lycaste skinneri var. albaviridis Oakeley, Lycaste, Ida, Anguloa: 163 (2008), without type.
  • Lycaste skinneri var. labelloalba Oakeley, Lycaste, Ida, Anguloa: 165 (2008), holotype is a photo (Art. 37.4 ICBN, 2006)
  • Lycaste skinneri var. labelloflava Oakeley, Lycaste, Ida, Anguloa: 166 (2008)
  • Lycaste virginalis f. alba (Dombrain) Archila & Chiron, Richardiana 11: 111 (2011)
  • Lycaste virginalis var. armeniaca (Rolfe) Archila & Chiron, Richardiana 11: 113 (2011)
  • Lycaste virginalis f. cobanensis (Archila) Archila & Chiron, Richardiana 11: 111 (2011), nom. inval. Art.33.4
  • Lycaste virginalis f. superba (T.Moore) Archila & Chiron, Richardiana 11: 111 (2011)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Southeast (Chiapas). Southern America Central America El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linden, J.J. 1888. Lindenia 4(3): 22, sub. t. 153.

Additional references

• Oakeley, H.F. (2007) A new infrageneric classification of Lycaste (Lindl.) and a checklist of species for the genus Lycaste. Orchid Digest 71: 196–208.
• Oakeley, H.F. (2008) Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa. The essential guide: 1–445. Published by the author.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lycaste virginalis. Accessed: 2021 May 27.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lycaste virginalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 27. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lycaste virginalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Lycaste virginalis. 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 May 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lycaste virginalis. Published online. Accessed: 27 May 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Lycaste virginalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 May 2021.

Vernacular names

中文: 施氏薄叶兰

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