Brassavola

Brassavola cucullata
Typus of Brassavola

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: Brassavola
Sectiones: (4)
B. sect. Brassavola – B. sect. Cuneilabia – B. sect. Lateraliflorae – B. sect. Sessililabia

Overview of species (19)

B. acaulis – B. amazonica – B. angustata – B. appendiculata – B. caraiensis – B. ceboletta – B. cucullata – B. fasciculata – B. filifolia – B. flagellaris – B. harrisii – B. martiana – B. nodosa – B. ovaliformis – B. pitengoensis – B. retusa – B. subulifolia – B. tuberculata – B. xerophylla

Nothogenus:

× Brassocattleya Rolfe

Name

Brassavola R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 216 (1813), nom. cons.

• Type species: Brassavola cucullata (L.) R.Br. (1813)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Epidendrum L., Sp. Pl.: 952 (1753), nom. rej.
  • Lysimnia Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 43 (1838)
  • Tulexis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 42 (1838)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Aruba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 216.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 205 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jones, H.G. 1975. Nomenclatural revision of the genus Brassavola R.Br. of the Orchidaceae. Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 79: 9–22.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brassavola. Accessed: 2022 May 30.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Brassavola in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 30. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Brassavola in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Brassavola. 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 May 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Brassavola. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Brassavola. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2022.

Vernacular names

العربية: براسافولا
فارسی: براساولا
suomi: Brassavolat
日本語: ブラッサボラ属
перем коми: Брассавола
коми: Брассавола
lietuvių: Vaurutė
олык марий: Брассавола
кырык мары: Брассавола
svenska: Nattstjärnesläktet
удмурт: Брассавола
中文: 柏拉兰属, 修胫兰属

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