Orchidaceae
Cyrtopodium

Cyrtopodium macrobulbon (Lex.) G.A.Romero & Carnevali

First published in Harvard Pap. Bot. 4: 331 (1999)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Noguera-Savelli, E. & Cetzal-Ix, W. (2014). Revisión e integración del conocimiento de las Orchidaceae de Tabasco, México. Botanical Sciences 92: 519-540.
  • Romero-González, G.A., Batista, J.A.N. & de Bem Bianchetti, L. (2008). A synopsis of the genus Cyrtopodium (Catasetinae: Orchidaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 13: 189-206.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Cyrtopodium punctatum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Romero-González, G.A., Batista, J.A.N. & de Bem Bianchetti, L. (2008). A synopsis of the genus Cyrtopodium (Catasetinae: Orchidaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 13: 189-206.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0