Porroglossum mordax

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Porroglossum
Species: Porroglossum mordax

Name

Porroglossum mordax (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet, Orquideologia 5: 166 (1970)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Masdevallia mordax Rchb.f., Flora 69: 559 (1886)
• Homotypic
  • Lothiania mordax (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 75: 173 (1924)
• Heterotypic
  • Porroglossum colombianum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 83 (1920)
  • Scaphosepalum antioquiense Kraenzl., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 135 (1922)
  • Masdevallia colombiana (Schltr.) P.H.Allen, Revista Fac. Nac. Agron. Medellín Univ. Antioquia 8(32): 421 (1948)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 392 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 
• Sweet, H.R. 1970. Orquideología; Revista de la Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideología 5: 166.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Porroglossum mordax in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 March 30. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Porroglossum mordax in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 March 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Porroglossum mordax. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Porroglossum mordax in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 March 30.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Porroglossum mordax. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2019.