Prosthechea varicosa

Taxonavigation

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

Prosthechea varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 381 (1997 publ. 1998)

Basionym
- Epidendrum varicosum Bateman ex Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 30 (1838)
Homotypic
- Encyclia varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 474 (1918)
- Pseudencyclia varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) V.P.Castro & Chiron, Richardiana 4: 33 (2003)
- Pollardia varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) Withner & P.A.Harding, Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums: 245 (2004)
Heterotypic
- Epidendrum leiobolbon Hook., J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 308 (1841)
- Epidendrum quadratum Klotzsch, Allg. Gartenzeitung 18: 402 (1850)
- Epidendrum chiriquense Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 730 (1852)
- Epidendrum phymatoglossum Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 731 (1852)
- Epidendrum lunaeanum A.Rich. ex Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 3: 23 (1853)
- Encyclia chiriquensis (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 472 (1918)
- Encyclia phymatoglossa (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 473 (1918)
- Epidendrum ramirezii Gojon Sánchez, Mejores Orquideas Mexico: 46 (1930)
- Encyclia varicosa subsp. leiobolbon (Hook.) Dressler & G.E.Pollard, Phytologia 21: 438 (1971)
- Encyclia varicosa var. leiobolbon (Hook.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss, Orchid. Atlas: 148 (2007)

Higgins, W.E. (1987) Phytologia 82(5): 381.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 294 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Prosthechea varicosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Feb. 5. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2014. Prosthechea varicosa in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Feb. 5.
Tropicos.org 2014. Prosthechea varicosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Feb. 2014.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Prosthechea varicosa. Published online. Accessed: 5. Feb. 2014.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition