Maxillaria coccinea (Jacq.) L.O.Williams
First published in Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 23: 42 (1954)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Caribbean. It is a Pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarly in the Wet Tropical biome(s).
Distribution
Native to:
Dominican Republic, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Camaridium coccineum (Jacq.) Hoehne, Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2: 72 (1947)
- Cymbidium coccineum (Jacq.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 214 (1800)
- Epidendrum coccineum Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 29 (1760)
- Ornithidium coccineum (Jacq.) Salisb. ex R.Br., W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 210 (1813)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Ornithidium acaule Hoffmanns., Verz. Orchid., ed. 2: 59 (1843)
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.
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. [Cited as Ornithidium coccineum.]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. John Read, V. [236], Martinique | 50415.000 | No | |||
| 74172.000 | No | ||||
| Chase, M.W. [83039] | 76355.000 | No | |||
| Ornithidium coccineum | 10378.000 | No | |||
| Dominican Republic | Ornithidium coccineum | 12596.000 | No | ||
| Beyer, R.I. [251], Dominican Republic | Ornithidium coccineum | 42183.000 | No | ||
| University of Durham [0222] | Ornithidium coccineum | 44776.000 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. 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
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. 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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images