Gongora atropurpurea

Gongora atropurpurea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Stanhopeinae
Genus: Gongora
Species: Gongora atropurpurea

Name

Gongora atropurpurea Hook., Exot. Fl. 3: t. 178 (1825)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Gongora maculata var. atropurpurea (Hook.) Teusch., Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 35: 734 (1966)
  • Gongora quinquenervis var. atropurpurea (Hook.) H.G.Jones, Bradea 1: 264 (1972)
• Heterotypic
  • Gongora heisteri Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 1: 54 (1854)
  • Gongora pseudoatropurpurea Jenny, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 41: 120 (1990)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. 1825. Exotic Flora 3: t. 178.

Additional references

• Whitten, M.W., Williams, N.H. & Chase, M.W. (2000) Subtribal and Generic Relationships of Maxillariieae (Orchidaceae) with Emphasis on Stanhopeinae: Combined Molecular Evidence, American Journal of Botany 87(12): 1842–1856.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gongora atropurpurea. Accessed: 2021 Sep 11.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gongora atropurpurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 11. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gongora atropurpurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Gongora atropurpurea. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Gongora atropurpurea. Published online. Accessed: 11 Sep 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Gongora atropurpurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Sep 2021.

Vernacular names

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