Catasetum macrocarpum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Catasetum macrocarpum']

• English: Large-fruited Catasetum
• español: Orquídea cabeza de monje
• lietuvių: Stambiavaisis katinūsis
• Nederlands: Apenkoporchidee
• 中文: 大果龙须兰

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 macrocarpum Rich. ex Kunth (1822)

Synonyms

- see: Wikispecies

Type species

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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  Catasetum macrocarpum
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Infructescences

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Botanical illustrations

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  Catasetum macrocarpum
  (as syn.
  Catasetum claveringii)
  plate 840 in:
  The Botanical Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 10,
  (1824)
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  Catasetum macrocarpum
  (as syn.
  Catasetum tridentatum)
  plate 2559 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 52,
  (1825)
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  Catasetum macrocarpum
  (as syn.
  Catasetum tridentatum)
  plate 3329 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 61,
  (1834)
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  Catasetum macrocarpum
  (as syn.
  Monachanthus viridis)
  plate 1752 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 21,
  (1836)
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  Catasetum macrocarpum (as syn. Catasetum tridentatum) From Charles Darwin's article on Catasetum pollination
  (1862)
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  Catasetum macrocarpum
  Plate 189 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Southern America Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Colombia. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Catasetum macrocarpum.