Malaxis excavata

Malaxis excavata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Malaxideae
Genus: Malaxis
Species: Malaxis excavata

Name

Malaxis excavata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673 (1891)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Microstylis excavata Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 51 (1838)
• Heterotypic
  • Epidendrum umbellatum Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 23 (1831), nom. illeg.
  • Microstylis hastilabia Rchb.f., Beitr. Orchid.-K. C. Amer.: 101 (1866)
  • Cheiropterocephalus sertulifer Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 29 (1877)
  • Microstylis caracasana Klotzsch ex Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 225 (1888)
  • Malaxis caracasana (Klotzsch ex Ridl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673 (1891)
  • Malaxis hastilabia (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673 (1891)
  • Microstylis spiralipetala Cogn., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 43: 302 (1906 publ. 1907)
  • Microstylis quadrangularis Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(6): 551 (1906)
  • Microstylis hastilabia var. major Porsch, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 102 (1908)
  • Microstylis carpinterae Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 381 (1918)
  • Microstylis paranaensis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 330 (1920)
  • Microstylis muelleri Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 12 (1921)
  • Malaxis carpinterae (Schltr.) Ames, Orchidaceae 7: 157 (1922)
  • Microstylis ottonis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 10: 39 (1922)
  • Microstylis sertulifera (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 85: 46 (1925)
  • Malaxis uncinata Ames & C.Schweinf., Schedul. Orchid. 10: 15 (1930)
  • Malaxis sertulifera (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 29: 112 (1967)
  • Malaxis ottonis (Schltr.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez, Harvard Pap. Bot. 3: 246 (1998)
  • Pycnantha orchioides Ravenna, Onira 12: 31 (2011)
  • Malaxis hastilabia subsp. caracasana (Klotzsch ex Ridl.) Marg., Taxon. Red. Subtribe Malaxidinae: 373 (2012)
  • Malaxis hastilabia var. major (Porsch) Marg., Taxon. Red. Subtribe Malaxidinae: 372 (2012)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Southern South America Argentina Northwest. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, C.E.O. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 673.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Malaxis excavata. Accessed: 2022 Mar 7.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Malaxis excavata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 7. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Malaxis excavata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 7. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Malaxis excavata. 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 Mar 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Malaxis excavata. Published online. Accessed: 7 Mar 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Malaxis excavata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Mar 2022.

Vernacular names

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