Ornithocephalus gladiatus

Ornithocephalus gladiatus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Oncidiinae
Genus: Ornithocephalus
Species: Ornithocephalus gladiatus

Name

Ornithocephalus gladiatus Hook., Exot. Fl. 2: t. 127 (1824)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Ornithocephalus bonplandii Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 494 (1863)
  • Ornithocephalus ibis Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 493 (1863)
  • Ornithocephalus gladiatus var. peruvianus C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 14: 77 (1949)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. 1824. Exotic Flora 2: t. 127.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 314 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ornithocephalus gladiatus. Accessed: 2021 Jun 12.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ornithocephalus gladiatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 12. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ornithocephalus gladiatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Ornithocephalus gladiatus. 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 Jun 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Ornithocephalus gladiatus. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jun 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Ornithocephalus gladiatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jun 2021.

Vernacular names

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