Maxillaria coccinea

Maxillaria coccinea

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 coccinea

Name

Maxillaria coccinea (Jacq.) L.O.Williams, Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 23: 42 (1954)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Epidendrum coccineum Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 29 (1760)
• Homotypic
  • Cymbidium coccineum (Jacq.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 214 (1800)
  • Ornithidium coccineum (Jacq.) Salisb. ex R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 210 (1813)
  • Camaridium coccineum (Jacq.) Hoehne, Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2: 72 (1947)
• Heterotypic
  • Ornithidium acaule Hoffmanns., Verz. Orchid., ed. 2: 59 (1843)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Dominican Republic, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Williams, L.O. 1954. American Orchid Society Bulletin 23: 42.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Maxillaria coccinea. Accessed: 2023 Jan 7.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Maxillaria coccinea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 7. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Maxillaria coccinea. 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 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Maxillaria coccinea. Published online. Accessed: 7 Jan 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Maxillaria coccinea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Jan 2023.

Vernacular names

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