Maxillaria grandiflora

Maxillaria grandiflora

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: Maxillaria
Species: Maxillaria grandiflora

Name

Maxillaria grandiflora (Kunth) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 147 (1832)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Dendrobium grandiflorum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 359 (1816)
• Homotypic
  • Broughtonia grandiflora (Kunth) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 735 (1826)
  • Lycaste grandiflora (Kunth) Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 265 (1854)
• Heterotypic
  • Maxillaria grandiflora var. stenantha Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 213 (1855)
  • Lycaste farinosa Kraenzl., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 427 (1920)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1832. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 147.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 129 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Maxillaria grandiflora. Accessed: 2023 Jan 7.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Maxillaria grandiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 7. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Maxillaria grandiflora. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Maxillaria grandiflora. Published online. Accessed: 7 Jan 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Maxillaria grandiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Jan 2023.

Vernacular names

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