Brassia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Oncidiinae
Genus: Brassia

Overview of species (68)

B. allenii – B. andina – B. andreettae – B. angusta – B. angustilabia – B. arachnoidea – B. arcuigera – B. aurantiaca – B. aurorae – B. bennettiorum – B. bidens – B. bowmani – B. brachypus – B. brevis – B. brunnea – B. caudata – B. cauliformis – B. chloroleuca – B. chlorops – B. cochlearis – B. cochleata – B. cyrtopetala – B. diphylla – B. dresslerorum – B. ecuadorensis – B. endresii – B. escobariana – B. euodes – B. farinifera – B. filomenoi – B. forgetiana – B. garayana – B. gireoudiana – B. glumacea – B. glumaceoides – B. horichii – B. huebneri – B. iguapoana – B. incantans – B. jipijapensis – B. keiliana – B. koehlerorum – B. lanceana – B. lehmannii – B. macrostachya – B. maculata – B. mendozae – B. minutiflora – B. neglecta – B. ocanensis – B. panamensis – B. pascoensis – B. peruviana – B. pozoi – B. pumila – B. rhizomatosa – B. rolandoi – B. signata – B. suavissima – B. sulphurea – B. thyrsodes – B. transamazonica – B. verrucosa – B. villosa – B. wageneri – B. warszewiczii – B. whewellii – B. wyllisiana

Name

Brassia R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 215 (1813)

Type species: Brassia maculata R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 215 (1813)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
- Brachtia Rchb.f., Linnaea 22: 853 (1850)
- Mesospinidium Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 929 (1852)
- Ada Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 5: 1 (1853)
- Oncodia Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 4: (1853)
- Brassiopsis Szlach. & Górniak, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 1-2: 12 (2006)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, 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, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Brown, R. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 215.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 232 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Additional references

Chase, M.W. & Whitten, W.M. (2011) Further taxonomic transfers in Oncidiinae (Orchidaceae), Phytotaxa 20: 26–32.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brassia. Accessed: 2021 Mar 23.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Brassia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 23. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Brassia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 23. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Brassia. 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 Mar 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Brassia. Published online. Accessed: 23 Mar 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Brassia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Mar 2021.

Vernacular names

български: Брасия
日本語: ブラッシア
перем коми: Брассия
коми: Брассия
lietuvių: Brasija
мокшень: Брассия
олык марий: Брассия
кырык мары: Брасси
русский: Брассия
удмурт: Брассия
中文: 长萼兰属, 蜘蛛兰属