Campylocentrum micranthum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Campylocentrum micranthum']

English: Fairy bentspur orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Angraecinae • Genus: Campylocentrum • Species: Campylocentrum micranthum (Lindl.) Rolfe (1901)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Angraecum micranthum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1772 (1835)
Homotypic synonyms
- Aeranthes micrantha (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 900 (1864)
- Epidorkis micrantha (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891)
- Mystacidium micranthum (Lindl.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 54 (1894)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Campylocentrum stenanthum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 486 (1912)

Images of the whole plant

Campylocentrum micranthum
Campylocentrum micranthum
Campylocentrum micranthum

Flowers

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Campylocentrum micranthum
Campylocentrum micranthum
Campylocentrum micranthum
Campylocentrum micranthum
Campylocentrum micranthum
Campylocentrum micranthum

Botanical illustrations

Campylocentrum micranthum
(as syn.
Angraecum micranthum)
plate 1772 in:
Edwards's Bot. Register
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 21,
(1836)
Campylocentrum micranthum
plate 103, fig II in:
Alfred Cogniaux:
Flora Brasiliensis
vol. 3 pt. 6
(1904-1906)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Southern America
- Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Colombia.
- Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil North.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Campylocentrum micranthum.

Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Campylocentrum micranthum