Sobralia decora

Sobralia decora

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Sobralieae
Genus: Sobralia
Species: Sobralia decora

Name

Sobralia decora Bateman, Orchid. Mexico Guatemala t. 26. (1841).

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Cattleya decora (Bateman) Beer in Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 209 (1854).
• Heterotypic
  • Sobralia neglecta Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 161 (1923).
  • Sobralia panamensis Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 11 (1922).
  • Sobralia panamensis var. albiflos Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 11 (1922).

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Bateman, J. 1841. The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala, t. 26.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Sobralia decora. Accessed: 2023 Oct 4.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Sobralia decora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 4. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Sobralia decora. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 4. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Sobralia decora. Accessed: 4 Oct 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Sobralia decora. Published online. Accessed: 4 Oct 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Sobralia decora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Oct 2023.

Vernacular names

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