Stanhopea candida

Stanhopea candida

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Stanhopeinae
Genus: Stanhopea
Subgenus: Stanhopea subg. Candida
Species: Stanhopea candida

Name

Stanhopea candida Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 101. (1877)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Tadeastrum candidum (Barb.Rodr.) Szlach., Richardiana 7: 48 (2007)
• Heterotypic
  • Stanhopea eburnea var. nivea Stein, Orchid.-Buch: 564 (1892)
  • Stanhopea randii Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 363 (1894)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil North. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Barbosa Rodrigues, J. 1877. Genera et Species Orchidearum Novarum 1: 101.

Additional references

• Gerlach, G. & Dodson, C.H. (1999) in R. Schlechter, Die Orchideen, ed.3, 1c (part 37 – 38): 2357 - 2371. (1999)
• Jenny, R. (Dec 1993) The Genus Stanhopea, in: Orchids 62 (12): 1270–1277
• Jenny, R. (Dec. 2003) The Genus Stanhopea. Part 1: S. anfracta to S. napoensis, in: Caesiana no. 21, Supplement. 200 color photos, 160 p.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Stanhopea candida in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 4.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Stanhopea candida in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 4.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Stanhopea candida. Published online. Accessed 4 November 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Stanhopea candida in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 4.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Stanhopea candida . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 4.

Vernacular names

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