Prosthechea glauca

Prosthechea glauca

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 glauca

Name

Prosthechea glauca Knowles & Westc., Fl. Cab. 2: 111 (1838).

• Type species:

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Epithecia glauca (Knowles & Westc.) Knowles & Westc., Fl. Cab. 2: 167 (1838).
  • Epidendrum glaucum (Knowles & Westc.) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26(Misc.): 29 (1840), nom. illeg.
  • Epidendrum glaucovirens Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 3: 70 (1935).
  • Encyclia glauca (Knowles & Westc.) Dressler & G.E.Pollard, Phytologia 21: 437 (1971).
• Heterotypic
  • Epidendrum limbatum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 69 (1843).
  • Amblostoma tridactylum var. mexicanum Kraenzl., Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 71: 177 (1920).
  • Encyclia limbata (Lindl.) Dressler, Brittonia 13: 265 (1961).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Central America El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Knowles, G.B. & Westcott, F. 1838. Floral Cabinet 2: 111.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 294 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Prosthechea glauca. Accessed: 2022 Jan 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Prosthechea glauca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 25. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Prosthechea glauca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Prosthechea glauca. 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 Jan 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Prosthechea glauca. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jan 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Prosthechea glauca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

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