Xylobium squalens

Xylobium squalens
as syn. Maxillaria squalens

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: Xylobium
Species: Xylobium squalens

Name

Xylobium squalens (Lindl.) Lindl., Bot. Reg. 11: t. 897 (1825)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Dendrobium squalens Lindl., Bot. Reg. 9: t. 732 (1823)
• Homotypic
  • Maxillaria squalens (Lindl.) Hook., Bot. Mag. 56: t. 2955 (1829)
• Heterotypic
  • Cyrtopera scabrilinguis Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 189 (1833)
  • Maxillaria squalens var. taffinii Mutel, Mém. Orchid. 1: 16 (1842)
  • Maxillaria scabrilinguis ((Lindl.) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30(Misc.): 71 (1844)
  • Maxillaria squalens var. obscura Regel, Index Seminum (LE) 1856: 20 (1856)
  • Maxillaria squalens var. stenopetala Regel, Index Seminum (LE) 1856: 20 (1856)
  • Xylobium squalens var. obscura (Regel) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(5): 469 (1902)
  • Xylobium squalens var. stenopetala ((Regel) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(5): 469 (1902)
  • Xylobium squalens var. taffinii ((Mutel) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(5): 469 (1902)
  • Xylobium scabrilingue (Lindl.) Schltr., Orchis 7: 23 (1913).
  • Xylobium squalens f. major Hoehne, Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(9): 38 (1919)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Panama. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Lindley, J. 1825. Botanical Register, 11: t. 897
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 208 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Additional references

• Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003) Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1–884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
• Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008) Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
• Pupulin, F. (2012) The Orchidaceae of Ruiz & Pavón's "Flora Peruviana et Chilensis". A taxonomic study. II. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 69: 143–186.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Xylobium squalens. Accessed: 2021 May 30.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Xylobium squalens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Xylobium squalens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Xylobium squalens. 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 May 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Xylobium squalens. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Xylobium squalens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2021.

Vernacular names

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