Dracula chimaera

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Dracula chimaera']

• مصرى: دراكولا كيميرا
• русский: Дракула химера

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Pleurothallidinae • Genus: Dracula (Orchidaceae) • Species: Dracula chimaera (Rchb.f.) Luer (1978)

Synonyms

Basionym Masdevallia chimaera Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1872: 463 (1872) Heterotypic synonyms Masdevallia backhousiana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 716 (1879) Masdevallia senilis Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 489 (1885) Masdevallia wallisii var. stupenda Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1885(1): 270 (1885) Masdevallia chimaera var. backhousiana (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 5: 30 (1889) Masdevallia chimaera var. senilis (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 5: 31 (1889) Masdevallia chimaera var. stupenda (Rchb.f.) Berthold Stein, Orchid.-Buch: 327 (1892) Dracula senilis (Rchb.f.) Luer, Selbyana 2: 197 (1978)

Type species

Flowers

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  Dracula chimaera
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  Dracula chimaera

Botanical illustrations

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  Dracula chimaera
  (as syn.
  Masdevallia chimaera)
  plate 185 in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 2
  (1874)
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  Dracula chimaera
  (as syn.
  Masdevallia chimaera)
  plate 186 fig. I in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 2
  (1874)
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  Dracula chimaera
  (as syn.
  Masdevallia chimaera)
  plate 6152 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 101,
  (1875)
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  Dracula chimaera
  (as syn.
  Masdevallia chimaera)
  plate 23 in:
  Émile de Puydt:
  Les orchidées
  (1880)
• 
  Dracula chimaera
  (as syn.
  Masdevallia chimaera)
  Plate 203 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Dracula chimaera
  (as syn.
  Masdevallia chimaera)
  plate 635 in:
  Jean Jules Linden
  L. Linden & E. Rodigas:
  Lindenia
  (1885-1906)
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  Dracula chimaera
  (as syn.
  Masdevallia backhousiana)
  plate 19 in:
  Frederick Sander:
  Reichenbachia I,
  (1888)
• 
  Dracula chimaera
  (as syn.
  Masdevallia chimaera)
  plate 78 in:
  Frederick Sander:
  Reichenbachia II
  second series
  (1894)
• 
  Dracula chimaera
  (as syn.
  Masdevallia chimaera)
  plate in:
  Florence H. Woolward:
  The Genus Masdevallia,
  (1896)
• 
  Dracula chimaera
  (as syn.
  Masdevallia chimaera
  var. backhousiana)
  plate in:
  Florence H. Woolward:
  The Genus Masdevallia,
  (1896)

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

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Dracula chimaera.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Dracula chimaera