Dracula chimaera

Dracula chimaera

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Dracula
Subgenus: Dracula subg. Dracula
Sectio: Dracula sect. Dracula
Subsectio: Dracula subsect. Dracula
Series: Dracula ser. Dracula
Species: Dracula chimaera

Name

Dracula chimaera (Rchb.f.) Luer, Selbyana 2: 194 (1978)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Masdevallia chimaera Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1872: 463 (1872)
• Heterotypic
  • Masdevallia backhousiana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 716 (1879)
  • Masdevallia senilis Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 489 (1885)
  • Masdevallia wallisii var. stupenda Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1885(1): 270 (1885)
  • Masdevallia chimaera var. backhousiana (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 5: 30 (1889)
  • Masdevallia chimaera var. senilis (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 5: 31 (1889)
  • Masdevallia chimaera var. stupenda (Rchb.f.) Stein, Orchid.-Buch: 327 (1892)
  • Dracula senilis (Rchb.f.) Luer, Selbyana 2: 197 (1978)

References

• Luer, C.A. (1978) Selbyana 2: 194
• Luer, C.A. (1993) Icones Pleurothallidinarum, Vol.X - Systematics of Dracula in Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanic Garden, volume 46: pp.  10. ISSN 0164-1542
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 349 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2012. Dracula chimaera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Dec. 13.
• Emonocot.org 2014. Dracula chimaera in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Jan. 1.
• Tropicos.org 2012. Dracula chimaera . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Dec. 13.
• International Plant Names Index. 2012. Dracula chimaera. Published online. Accessed 13. Dec. 2012.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Vernacular names

русский: Дракула химера

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