Selenipedium chica

Selenipedium chica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Cypripedioideae
Genus: Selenipedium
Species: Selenipedium chica

Name

Selenipedium chica Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 1: 3 (1854)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Cypripedium chica (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer, Grundz. Morph. Orchid.: 138 (1881)
  • Selenipedilum chica (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (eds.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(6): 84 (1888)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Panamá. Western South America Ecuador, Peru. 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.) 1999. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 1: General Introduction, Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae; page 132 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-198505-13-2
  
• Reichenbach, H.G. (1854) Xenia Orchidacea 1: 3–4, t. 2, f. I, 1–5.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Selenipedium chica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 August 8. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Selenipedium chica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 August 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Selenipedium chica. Published online. Accessed: 8 August 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Selenipedium chica in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 August 8.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Selenipedium chica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 August 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Beautiful Selenipedium

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