Mesadenella cuspidata

Mesadenella cuspidata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Spiranthinae
Genus: Mesadenella
Species: Mesadenella cuspidata

Name

Mesadenella cuspidata (Lindl.) Garay, Opera Bot., B 9(225: 1): 238. (1978)

• Type species: ex syn. Mesadenella esmeraldae (Linden & Rchb.f.) Pabst & Garay, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 12: 208 (1953)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Spiranthes cuspidata Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 471 (1840)
• Homotypic
  • Gyrostachys cuspidata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891)
  • Cyclopogon cuspidatus (Lindl.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 387 (1920)
• Heterotypic
  • Serapias pumila Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 55 (1831)
  • Spiranthes esmeraldae Linden & Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 36 (1862)
  • Spiranthes margaritifera Linden & Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1866: 219 (1866)
  • Habenaria margaritacea B.S.Williams Cat. 1869(Spring): 17 (1869)
  • Cyclopogon albopunctatus Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 281 (1882)
  • Stenorrhynchos esmeraldae (Linden & Rchb.f.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(4): 170 (1895)
  • Mesadenella esmeraldae (Linden & Rchb.f.) Pabst & Garay, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 12: 208 (1953)
  • Mesadenella margaritifera (Linden & Rchb.f.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 335 (1980 publ. 1982)

References

• Garay, L.A. (1978) Flora of Ecuador 9 (1): 238, t. 34C.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 222 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Mesadenella cuspidata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Feb. 21. Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2013. Mesadenella cuspidata in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Mesadenella cuspidata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Feb. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Mesadenella cuspidata. Published online. Accessed: 24. Nov. 2013.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America  Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central. Regional: Northern South America Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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