Brassavola cucullata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Brassavola cucullata']

• English: daddy longlegs orchid
• 中文: 兜状白拉索兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Laeliinae • Genus: Brassavola • Species: Brassavola cucullata (L.) R. Br. (1813)

Synonyms

Basionym Epidendrum cucullatum L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1350. (1763) Homotypic synonyms Bletia cucullata (L.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 433. (1862) Cymbidium cucullatum (L.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 73. (1799) Heterotypic synonyms Bletia cucullata var. cuspidata (Hook.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 66. (1862) Brassavola cucullata var. elegans Schltr., Orchis 13: 46. (1919) Brassavola cuspidata Hook., Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3722. (1839) Brassavola odoratissima Regel, Gartenflora 1: 325. (1852)

Type species

Flowers

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  Brassavola cucullata
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  Brassavola cucullata

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Brassavola cucullata
  (as syn.
  Epidendrum cucullatum)
  plate 543 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 15,
  (1801)
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  Brassavola cucullata
  (as syn.
  Brassavola cuspidata)
  plate 3722 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 66,
  (1840)
• 
  Brassavola cucullata
  vol. 4 in:
  M.A. Burnett
  Plantæ utiliore
  (1850)
• 
  Brassavola cucullata
  plate 111 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 Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Dominican Republic, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Regional: Central America Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Southern South America Colombia.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Brassavola cucullata.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Brassavola cucullata