Prosthechea cochleata

Prosthechea cochleata

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 cochleata
Varietates: (2)
P. c. var. cochleata – P. c. var. triandra

Name

Prosthechea cochleata (L.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 377 (1997 publ. 1998)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Epidendrum cochleatum L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1351 (1763)
• Homotypic
  • Anacheilium cochleatum (L.) Hoffmanns., Verz. Orchid.: 21 (1842)
  • Encyclia cochleata (L.) Dressler, Brittonia 13: 264 (1961)
• Heterotypic
  • Epidendrum cochleatum var. grandiflorum Mutel, Mém. Soc. Roy. Centr. Agric. Dépt. N. 1838: 86 (1838)
  • Prosthechea cochleata var. grandiflora (Mutel) Christenson, Richardiana 8: 30 (2008)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida, Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. 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: 377.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Prosthechea cochleata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 January 17. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Prosthechea cochleata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 January 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Prosthechea cochleata. Published online. Accessed: 17 January 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Prosthechea cochleata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 January 17.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Prosthechea cochleata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Cockleshell orchid
فارسی: ارکیده گوش‌ماهی
中文: 章鱼兰, 围柱兰

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