Prosthechea baculus

Prosthechea baculus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Laeliinae
Genus: Prosthechea
Species: Prosthechea baculus

Name

Prosthechea baculus (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 376 (1997 publ. 1998).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Epidendrum baculus Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 214 (1856)
• Homotypic
  • Encyclia baculus (Rchb.f.) Dressler & G.E.Pollard, Phytologia 21: 436 (1971)
  • Anacheilium baculus (Rchb.f.) Withner & P.A.Harding, Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums: 49 (2004)
• Heterotypic
  • Epidendrum fragrans var. megalanthum Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 223 (1849)
  • Epidendrum pentotis Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 81 (1876)
  • Epidendrum acuminatum Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 202 (1894), nom. illeg.
  • Epidendrum confusum Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 7: 197 (1899)
  • Epidendrum beyrodtianum Schltr., Orchis 9: 49 (1915)
  • Encyclia pentotis (Rchb.f.) Dressler, Brittonia 13: 265 (1961)
  • Anacheilium confusum (Rolfe) Withner & P.A.Harding, Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums: 72 (2004)
  • Prosthechea confusa (Rolfe) W.E.Higgins, Selbyana 29: 214 (2009)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America  Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Brazil Brazil Southeast. Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá. Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Higgins, W.E. 1997. Phytologia 82 (5): 376.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Prosthechea baculus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 March 16. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Prosthechea baculus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 March 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Prosthechea baculus. Published online. Accessed: 16 March 2020.
• The Plant List 2013. Prosthechea baculus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2020 March 16.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Prosthechea baculus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 March 2020.

Vernacular names

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