Mystacidium capense

Mystacidium capense

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Angraecinae
Genus: Mystacidium
Species: Mystacidium capense

Name

Mystacidium capense (L.f.) Schltr., Die Orchideen; Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 597 (1914).

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Epidendrum capense L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 407 (1782).
• Homotypic
  • Angraecum capense (L.f.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 248 (1833).
  • Mystacidium filicorne Lindl., Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 206 (1837), nom. illeg.
  • Aeranthes filicornis Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 900 (1864).
• Heterotypic
  • Limodorum longicorne Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 3 (1794).
  • Limodorum longicornu Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 230 (1800).
  • Eulophia longicornis (Sw.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 720 (1826).
  • Epidorkis longicornis (Sw.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891).
  • Mystacidium longicornu (Sw.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 53 (1894), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 411 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  
• Schlechter, F.R.R. 1914. Die Orchideen 597,

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Mystacidium capense. Accessed: 2022 Nov 28.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mystacidium capense in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Mystacidium capense. 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 Nov 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mystacidium capense. Published online. Accessed: 28 Nov 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Mystacidium capense. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Nov 2022.

Vernacular names

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