Prosthechea boothiana

Prosthechea boothiana

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 boothiana

Name

Prosthechea boothiana (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 376 (1997 publ. 1998)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Epidendrum boothianum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 5 (1838)
• Homotypic
  • Epicladium boothianum (Lindl.) Small, Fl. Miami: 56 (1913)
  • Hormidium boothianum (Lindl.) Brieger, Publ. Ci. Inst. Genét. Esc. Super. Agric. Luis de Queiroz 1: 21 (1960)
  • Encyclia boothiana (Lindl.) Dressler, Brittonia 13: 264 (1961)
  • Pseudencyclia boothiana (Lindl.) V.P.Castro & Chiron, Richardiana 4: 32 (2003)
• Heterotypic
  • Epidendrum bidentatum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 98 (1831), nom. illeg.
  • Diacrium bidentatum Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 221 (1884)
  • Epidendrum erythronioides Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 328 (1903)
  • Epicladium boothianum var. erythronioides (Small) Acuña, Bol. Estaçión Exp. Agron. Santiago de las Vegas 60: 89 (1938 publ. 1939)
  • Encyclia boothiana var. erythronioides (Small) Luer, Florida Orchidist 14: 29 (1971)
  • Encyclia bidentata (Hemsl.) Hágsater & Soto Arenas, Orquidea (Mexico City), n.s., 13: 215 (1993)
  • Encyclia bidentata subsp. erythronioides (Small) Hágsater, Orquidea (Mexico City), n.s., 13: 216 (1993)
  • Encyclia boothiana subsp. erythronioides (Small) Hágsater ex Christenson, Lindleyana 11: 15 (1996)
  • Prosthechea boothiana var. erythronioides (Small) Nir, Orchid. Antill.: 407 (2000)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Guatemala. Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Higgins, W.E. 1997. Phytologia 82: 376.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Prosthechea boothiana. Accessed: 2022 Sep 1.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Prosthechea boothiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 1. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Prosthechea boothiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 1. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Prosthechea boothiana. 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 Sep 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Prosthechea boothiana. Published online. Accessed: 1 Sep 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Prosthechea boothiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Sep 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Dollar orchid

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