Maxillaria rufescens

Maxillaria rufescens

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 rufescens

Name

Maxillaria rufescens Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1848 (1836)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Mormolyca rufescens (Lindl.) M.A.Blanco, Lankesteriana 7: 531 (2007)
  • Xanthoxerampellia rufescens (Lindl.) Szlach. & Sitko, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 37 (2012)
• Heterotypic
  • Maxillaria fuscata Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1848 (1836)
  • Maxillaria rugosa Scheidw., Allg. Gartenzeitung 11: 101 (1843)
  • Maxillaria articulata Klotzsch, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1853(App.): 11 (1853)
  • Maxillaria vanillodora A.Rich. ex Rchb.f., Cat. Orch.-Samml. Schiller, ed. 3: 45 (1857), pro syn.
  • Maxillaria rufescens var. flavida Rchb.f., Refug. Bot. 2: t. 79 (1869)
  • Maxillaria rufescens var. florida Rchb.f., Refug. Bot. 2: t. 79 (1869)
  • Maxillaria abelei Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 101 (1921)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Southern America Central America Belize, Guatemala, Honduras. Caribbean Leeward Islands, Trinidad-Tobago. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1836. Edwards's Botanical Register 21: sub. t. 1802.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Maxillaria rufescens. Accessed: 2023 Jan 10.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Maxillaria rufescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Maxillaria rufescens. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Maxillaria rufescens. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jan 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Maxillaria rufescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jan 2023.

Vernacular names

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