Habenaria nabucoi Ruschi

First published in Bol. Mus. Biol. Prof. Mello-Leitão. Sér. Bot. 78: 1 (1973)
This name is a synonym of Habenaria melvillei

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Batista, J.A.N., de Bem Bianchetti, L., González-Tamayo, R., Figueroa, X.M.C. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). A synopsis of New World Habenaria (Orchidaceae) II. Harvard Papers in Botany 16: 233-273. [Cited as Habenaria melvillei.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Batista, J.A.N., de Bem Bianchetti, L. & De J.G.Miranda, Z (2006). A revision of Habenaria section Macroceratitae (Orchidaceae) in Brazil. Brittonia 58: 10-41. [Cited as Habenaria nabucoi.]
  • Chiron, G. & Bolsanello, R.X. in Chiron, G.R. & Bolsanello, R.X. (2015). Orchidées du Brésil. As orquídeas da Serra do Castelo (Espírito Santo, Brasil) 1: 1-371. Chiron. [Cited as Habenaria nabucoi.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Habenaria nabucoi.]

Other Data

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Sources

  • 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/
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