Dichaea glauca

Dichaea glauca

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: Dichaea
Species: Dichaea glauca

Name

Dichaea glauca (Sw.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 209 (1833)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Epidendrum glaucum Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 124 (1788)
• Homotypic
  • Cymbidium glaucum (Sw.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 71 (1799)
  • Dichaeopsis glauca (Sw.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 519 (1918)
• Heterotypic
  • Dichaea oerstedii Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 219 (1855)
  • Epithecia oerstedii (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Orchis 8: 101 (1914)
  • Dichaeopsis oerstedii (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 519 (1918)
  • Dichaea willdenowiana Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 50(83): 46 (1923)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1833. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 209.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Dichaea glauca. Accessed: 2022 Jan 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dichaea 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. Dichaea 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. Dichaea 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. Dichaea glauca. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jan 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Dichaea glauca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

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