Orchidaceae
Prosthechea

Prosthechea ochracea (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins

First published in Phytologia 82: 379 (1997 publ. 1998)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Epidendrum ochraceum K:SPC-20185.000 No
Mexico Epidendrum ochraceum K:SPC-06096.000 No
Epidendrum ochraceum K:SPC-21514.000 No
Hawkes, J.G. [1961] Guatemala Epidendrum ochraceum K:SPC-18372.000 No
Epidendrum ochraceum K:SPC-20186.000 No
Guatemala Epidendrum ochraceum K:SPC-20184.000 No
Jurgensen, C. [601] Mexico Encyclia ochracea K000079664 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chase, M.W.C. [82087] Mexico Encyclia ochracea K:SPC-75666.000 No
[236] Mexico Encyclia ochracea K000079663 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schiede [6] Guatemala Encyclia ochracea K000079662 Unknown Type Material No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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