Brassavola R.Br.
Distribution
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Epidendrum L. in Sp. Pl.: 952 (1753), nom. rej.
- Eudisanthema Neck. ex Post & Kuntze in Lex. Gen. Phan. 1: 215 (1903)
- Javieria Archila, Chiron & Szlach. in Richardiana 14: 99 (2013)
- Lysimnia Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 43 (1838)
- Tulexis Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 42 (1838)
Accepted Species
- Brassavola acaulis Lindl. & Paxton
- Brassavola amazonica Poepp. & Endl.
- Brassavola angustata Lindl.
- Brassavola appendiculata A.Rich. & Galeotti
- Brassavola caraiensis Campacci & Rosim
- Brassavola ceboletta Rchb.f.
- Brassavola cucullata (L.) R.Br.
- Brassavola fasciculata Pabst
- Brassavola filifolia Linden
- Brassavola flagellaris Barb.Rodr.
- Brassavola harrisii H.G.Jones
- Brassavola martiana Lindl.
- Brassavola nodosa (L.) Lindl.
- Brassavola ovaliformis C.Schweinf.
- Brassavola pitengoensis Campacci
- Brassavola retusa Lindl.
- Brassavola subulifolia Lindl.
- Brassavola tuberculata Hook.
- Brassavola xerophylla Archila
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Noguera-Savelli, E. (2020). Systematics of the neotropical genus Brassavola (Orchidaceae). Caldasia 42: 188-219.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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K000079763 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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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