Alamania (Orchidaceae)

Alamania punicea

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: Alamania
Species: A. punicea

Name

Alamania Lex. in P.de La Llave & J.M.de Lexarza, Nov. Veg. Descr. 2(Orchid. Opusc.): 31 (1825)

• monotypic taxon

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lexarza, J.J.M. de 1825. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) 3: 452.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 190 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alamania in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 30.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Alamania in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 30.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Alamania. Published online. Accessed 30 May 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Alamania in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 30.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Alamania . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 30.

Vernacular names

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