Catasetum cernuum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Catasetum cernuum']

• English: Nodding Catasetum

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Catasetinae • Genus: Catasetum • Species: Catasetum cernuum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. (1863)

Synonyms

Basionym Myanthus cernuus Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1538 (1832) Homotypic synonyms Catasetum cernuum var. typum Hoehne, Fl. Brasílica 12(6): 97 (1942) Heterotypic synonyms Monachanthus viridis Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1538 (1832) Catasetum trifidum Hook., Bot. Mag. 60: t. 3262 (1833) Catasetum viride (Lindl.) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 27(Misc.): 79 (1841) Catasetum umbrosum Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 129 (1877) Catasetum cernuum var. umbrosum (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(5): 439 (1902) Catasetum cernuum var. revolutum Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(6): 573 (1906)

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Botanical illustrations

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  Catasetum cernuum
  (as syn.
  Catasetum trifidum)
  plate 3262 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 60,
  (1833)
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  Catasetum cernuum
  (as syn.
  Myanthus cernuus)
  plate 1721 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 20,
  (1835)
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  Catasetum cernuum
  (as syn.
  Monachanthus viridis)
  plate 1752 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 21,
  (1836)
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  Catasetum cernuum
  (as syn.
  Myanthus cernuus)
  plate 221 in:
  John Gould:
  A Monograph of the Trochilidae
  vol. 4,
  (1849-1861)
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  Catasetum cernuum
  plate 5399 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 89,
  (1863)
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  Catasetum cernuum
  (as syn.
  Catasetum cernuum
  var. umbrosum)
  plate 86, fig. II in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 5
  (1898-1902)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast. Regional: Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Catasetum cernuum.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Catasetum cernuum