Polycycnis muscifera

Polycycnis muscifera

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Stanhopeinae
Genus: Polycycnis
Species: Polycycnis muscifera

Name

Polycycnis muscifera (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 218 (1855)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Cycnoches musciferum Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton's Fl. Gard. 3: 28 (1852)
• Heterotypic
  • Cycnoches barbatum Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 268 (1849)
  • Polycycnis barbata (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 218 (1855)
  • Polycycnis acutiloba Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 141 (1924)
  • Cycnoches buchtienii Kraenzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 26 (1928)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. 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 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 434 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  
• Reichenbach, H.G. 1855. Bonplandia 3(15–16): 218.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Polycycnis muscifera. Accessed: 2022 Mar 2.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Polycycnis muscifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 2. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Polycycnis muscifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 2. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Polycycnis muscifera. 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 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Polycycnis muscifera. Published online. Accessed: 2 Mar 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Polycycnis muscifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Mar 2022.

Vernacular names

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