Maxillaria crassifolia

Maxillaria crassifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Maxillariinae
Genus: Maxillaria
Species: Maxillaria crassifolia

Name

Maxillaria crassifolia (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 16 (1854)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Heterotaxis crassifolia Lindl., Bot. Reg. 12: t. 1028 (1826)
• Homotypic
  • Dicrypta crassifolia (Lindl.) Loudon, Suppl. Hort. Brit. 3: 536 (1850)
• Heterotypic
  • Epidendrum sessile Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 122 (1788)
  • Dicrypta baueri Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 44 (1830)
  • Maxillaria sessilis (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 1: 120 (1910), nom. illeg.
  • Maxillaria gatunensis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 68 (1922)
  • Heterotaxis sessilis (Sw.) F.Barros, Hoehnea 29: 112 (2002)
  • Heterotaxis gatunensis (Schltr.) Szlach. & Sitko, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 28 (2012)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico 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, Trinidad-Tobago. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, 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

• Reichenbach, H.G. 1854. Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 16.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Maxillaria crassifolia. Accessed: 2020 Aug 9.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Maxillaria crassifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 9. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Maxillaria crassifolia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 9. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Maxillaria crassifolia. Published online. Accessed: 9 Aug 2020.
• The Plant List 2013. Maxillaria crassifolia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 9.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Maxillaria crassifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 9.

Vernacular names

English: hidden orchid

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