Brassia caudata

Tailed Brassia
spider orchid
cricket orchid
1824 illustration from
Botanical Register
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Brassia
Species: B. caudata
Binomial name
Brassia caudata
(L.) Lindl. (1825)
Synonyms[1]
  • Epidendrum caudatum L. (1759) (basionym)
  • Malaxis caudata (L.) Willd. (1805)
  • Oncidium caudatum (L.) Rchb.f. (1863)
  • Brassia caudata var. hieroglyptica Rchb.f. (1881)
  • Brassia lewisii Rolfe (1893)
  • Brassia longissima var. minor Schltr. (1922)

The Tailed Brassia, Brassia caudata, is a species of orchid. It widespread across the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere, reported from southern Mexico (Chiapas, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz), Central America, southern Florida, Greater Antilles, Trinidad, northern South America.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Carnevali F., G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Jiménez-Machorro, L. Sánchez-Saldaña, L. Ibarra-González, I. M. Ramírez & M. P. Gómez. 2001. Notes on the flora of the Yucatan Peninsula II: a synopsis of the orchid flora of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula and a tentative checklist of the Orchidaceae of the Yucatan Peninsula biotic province. Harvard Papers in Botany 5(2): 383–466.
  3. ↑ Schweinfurth, C. 1961. Orchidaceae, Orchids of Peru. Fieldiana, Botany 30(4): 787–1005
  4. ↑ Hamer, F. 1988. Orchids of Central America. Selbyana 10(Suppl.): 1–430.
  5. ↑ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
  6. ↑ Dodson, C.H. & D. E. Bennett. 1989. Orchids of Peru. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum Series II. Fascicle 1–2: 1–200.
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