Pescatoria violacea

Pescatoria violacea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Pescatoria
Species: Pescatoria violacea

Name

Pescatoria violacea (Lindl.) Dressler, Lankesteriana 5: 95 (2005)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Huntleya violacea Lindl., Sert. Orchid.: t. 26 (1839)
• Homotypic
  • Bollea violacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 668 (1852)
  • Zygopetalum violaceum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 650 (1863)
  • Warczewiczella violacea (Lindl.) Rollisson, Cat. (Rollisson) 1875-1876: 46 (1875)
• Heterotypic
  • Bollea guianensis Klotzsch in R.Schomburgk, Fauna & Fl. Guy.: 1206 (1841), nom. nud.
  • Bollea violacea f. alba Christenson, Phytologia 71: 440 (1991 publ. 1992)

References

• Dressler, R.L. 2005. Lankesteriana: la revista cientifica del Jardin Botanico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica 5 (2): 95–96.
• Harding, P.A. (2008) Huntleyas and Related Orchids. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 521 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Pescatoria violacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Jan. 26. Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2014. Pescatoria violacea in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Jan. 26.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Pescatoria violacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jan. 2014.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Pescatoria violacea. Published online. Accessed: 26. Jan. 2014.
• The Plant List 2013. Pescatoria violacea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2014 July 3.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil North. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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