Caucaea phalaenopsis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Caucaea phalaenopsis']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Caucaea phalaenopsis'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Oncidiinae • Genus: Caucaea • Species: Caucaea phalaenopsis (Linden & Rchb.f.) N.H. Williams & M.W. Chase (2001)

Synonyms

Basionym Oncidium phalaenopsis Linden & Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1869: 416 (1869) Homotypic synonyms Oncidium cucullatum var. phalaenopsis (Linden & Rchb.f.) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 485 (1886) Oncidium olivaceum var. phalaenopsis (Linden & Rchb.f.) Sander, Sander's Orch. Guide: 188 (1901) Heterotypic synonyms Oncidium cucullatum var. spathulatum Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 6: 22 (1855) Oncidium cucullatum var. dayanum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1871: 834 (1871) Oncidium phalaenopsis var. excellens Lindl., Lindenia 4: 232 (1894) Oncidium chimborazoense Stacy, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 164 (1975) Oncidium dayanum (Rchb.f.) Stacy, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 150 (1975) Oncidium spathulatum (Lindl.) Stacy, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 148 (1975) Caucaea chimborazoensis (Stacy) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 283 (2001) Caucaea dayana (Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 283 (2001) Caucaea spathulata (Lindl.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 284 (2001)

Flowers

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  Caucaea phalaenopsis
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  Caucaea phalaenopsis

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Caucaea phalaenopsis
  (as syn.
  Oncidium phalaenopsis)
  plate 3 in:
  Charles Antoine Lemaire:
  L'Illustration horticole
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 17,
  (1870)
• 
  Caucaea phalaenopsis
  (as syn.
  Oncidium phalaenopsis)
  Plate 96 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
• 
  Caucaea phalaenopsis
  (as syn.
  Oncidium phalaenopsis)
  plate 123 in:
  Jean Jules Linden
  L. Linden & E. Rodigas:
  Lindenia
  (1885-1906)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Southern America Western South America Colombia, Ecuador.

References

Description of taxon

• Williams, N.H. & Chase, M.W. (2001) Lindleyana 16 (4): 283.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 235 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198507130
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Caucaea phalaenopsis.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Caucaea phalaenopsis
• eMonocot link: Caucaea phalaenopsis
• Tropicos link: Caucaea phalaenopsis
• International Plant Names Index link: Caucaea phalaenopsis
• The Plant List link: Caucaea phalaenopsis