Zygopetalum maculatum

Zygopetalum maculatum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Zygopetalum
Species: Zygopetalum maculatum

Name

Zygopetalum maculatum (Kunth) Garay, Orquideologia 5: 189 (1970).

• Type species

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Dendrobium maculatum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 359 (1816).
• Homotypic
  • Broughtonia maculata (Kunth) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 735 (1826).
  • Maxillaria maculata (Kunth) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 149 (1832).
• Heterotypic
  • Zygopetalum mackayi Hook., Bot. Mag. 54: t. 2748 (1827).
  • Eulophia mackaiana Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 17: t. 1433 (1831).
  • Zygopetalum mackayi var. intermedium Mutel, Mém. Orchid. 2: 9 (1842).
  • Zygopetalum velutinum Hoffmanns., Verz. Orchid.: 62 (1842).
  • Zygopetalum intermedium Lodd. ex Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30 (Misc.): 9 (1844).
  • Zygopetalum intermedium Regel, Index Seminum (LE) 1855: 22 (1855), nom. illeg.
  • Zygopetalum rivieri Carrière, Rev. Hort. 45: 191 (1873).
  • Zygopetalum intermedium var. peruvianum Rolfe, Lindenia 9: 71 (1894).
  • Zygopetalum bolivianum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 10: 50 (1922).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Bolivia, Peru. Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Garay, L.A. 1971. Orquideología; Revista de la Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideología 5: 189.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 541 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Zygopetalum maculatum. Accessed: 2025 Aug 10.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Zygopetalum maculatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Aug 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2025. Zygopetalum maculatum. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Aug 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Zygopetalum maculatum. Accessed: 10 Aug 2025. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Zygopetalum maculatum. Published online. Accessed: 10 Aug 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Zygopetalum maculatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Aug 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

中文: 美丽轭瓣兰

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