Dichaea pendula

Dichaea pendula

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 pendula

Name

Dichaea pendula (Aubl.) Cogn. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 4: 182. (1903)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Limodorum pendulum Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 819 (1775)
• Heterotypic
  • Epidendrum echinocarpon Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 124 (1788)
  • Cymbidium echinocarpon (Sw.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 71 (1799)
  • Pachyphyllum echinocarpon (Sw.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 731 (1826)
  • Dichaea echinocarpa (Sw.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 208 (1833), nom. illeg.
  • Dichaea pendula var. ciliata Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(6): 487 (1906)
  • Dichaea echinocarpa var. lobata Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11: 71 (1943)
  • Dichaea lobata (Ames & Correll) L.O.Williams, Ceiba 1: 189 (1950)
  • Dichaea pendula var. swartzii C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 77: 62 (1955)
  • Dichaea swartzii (C.Schweinf.) Garay & H.R.Sweet, J. Arnold Arbor. 53: 397 (1972)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama. Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cogniaux, C.A. 1903. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 4: 182–183.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 489 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Additional references

• Harding, P.A. (2008) Huntleyas and Related Orchids. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Dichaea pendula. Accessed: 2022 Jan 18.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dichaea pendula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 18. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dichaea pendula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Dichaea pendula. 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 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Dichaea pendula. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jan 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Dichaea pendula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Swartz's leafystem orchid

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