Aa paleacea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Cranichidinae
Genus: Aa
Species: Aa paleacea

Name

Aa paleacea (Kunth) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 1: 18 (1854).

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Ophrys paleacea Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 334 (1816).
• Homotypic
  • Altensteinia paleacea (Kunth) Kunth, Syn. Pl. 1: 325 (1822).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Costa Rica. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Reichenbach, H.G. (1854) Xenia Orchidacea 1: 18.

Additional references

• Dueñas Gómez, H.del C. & Fernández-Alonso, J.L. (2007) Sinopsis de la subfamilia Spiranthoideae (Orchidaceae) en Colombia, Parte I. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 31: 1–27.
• Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003) Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1–884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
• Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (2005) Orchidaceae Genera Aa-Cyrtidiorchis. Flora of Ecuador 76: 225(2), Botanical Institute, University of Göteborg, Riksmuseum, Stockholm.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 24 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Aa paleacea. Accessed: 2023 Nov 24.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Aa paleacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Aa paleacea. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Aa paleacea. Accessed: 24 Nov 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Aa paleacea. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Aa paleacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov 2023.