Restrepia muscifera

Restrepia muscifera

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Restrepia
Species: Restrepia muscifera

Name

Restrepia muscifera (Lindl.) Rchb.f. ex Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 8: 7 (1859).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Pleurothallis muscifera Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28 (Misc.): 79 (1842).
• Heterotypic
  • Restrepia xanthophthalma Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 300 (1865).
  • Restrepia dayana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 257 (1875).

• • Restrepia lansbergii Hook. in Bot. Mag. 87: t. 5257 (1861), nom. illeg.
  • Restrepia shuttleworthiiRolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1892: 138 (1892).
  • Restrepia powellii Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 25 (1922).
  • Restrepia tonduzii Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 291 (1923).
  • Pleurothallis dayana (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 8: 144 (1940).
  • Pleurothallis xanthophthalma (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 8: 144 (1940).
  • Restrepia muscifera subsp. shuttleworthii (Rolfe) H.Mohr, Leafl. Schlechter Inst. 2: 8 (1996).
  • Restrepia muscifera f. dayana (Rchb.f.) O.Gruss & M.Wolff, Orchid. Atlas: 387 (2007).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá. Western South America Colombia, Ecuador. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Reichenbach, H.G. ex Lindley, J. 1859. Folia Orchidacea. Restrepia (8): 2.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Restrepia muscifera. Accessed: 2023 Aug 15.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Restrepia muscifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Restrepia muscifera. 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 Aug 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Restrepia muscifera. Accessed: 15 Aug 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Restrepia muscifera. Published online. Accessed: 15 Aug 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Restrepia muscifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Aug 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Fly-carrying Restrepia

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