Ionopsis utricularioides

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Ionopsis utricularioides']

• English: Delicate violet orchid
• 日本語: イオノプシス・ウトリキュラリオイデス
• 中文: 拟堇兰, 新堇兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Oncidiinae • Genus: Ionopsis • Species: Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl. (1826)

Synonyms

Basionym Epidendrum utricularioides Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 122 (1788) Homotypic synonyms Dendrobium utricularioides (Sw.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 83 (1799) Cybelion utriculariae Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 721 (1826) Heterotypic synonyms Ionopsis pulchella Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 348 (1816) Iantha pallidiflora Hook., Exot. Fl. 2: t. 113 (1824) Cybelion pallidiflorum (Hook.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 721 (1826) Cybelion pulchellum (Kunth Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 721 (1826) Epidendrum crenatum Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 6 (1831) Ionopsis pallidiflora (Hook.) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1904 (1836) Ionopsis paniculata Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1904 (1836) Ionopsis tenera Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1904 (1836) Scaphyglottis pallidiflora (Hook.) Lindl. in R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 646 (1839) Cybelion tenerum (Lindl.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 458 (1840) Ionopsis gardneri Lindl., Paxton's Fl. Gard. 2: 13 (1851) Ionopsis zonalis Lindl., Paxton's Fl. Gard. 2: 13 (1851) Ionopsis tenera var. effusa Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 1: 3 (1852) Ionopsis tenera var. tomentosa Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 1: 3 (1852) Ionopsis tenera var. violacea Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 1: 3 (1852) Epidendrum paniculatum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 1166 (1865) Ionopsis paniculata var. maxima L.Linden & Rodigas, Lindenia 3: 39 (1887) Epidendrum calcaratum Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 201 (1894), nom. illeg. Ionopsis utricularioides f. latifolia Urb., Symb. Antill. 4: 180 (1903) Ionopsis utricularioides var. angustifolia Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(6): 175 (1904) Ionopsis utricularioides var. parviflora Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 74 (1922) Epidendrum sessei Hoehne, Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2: 143 (1952) Ionopsis utricularioides var. virginalis L.C.Menezes, Schlechteriana 4: 51 (1993) Ionopsis utricularioides f. virginalis (L.C.Menezes) Christenson, Lindleyana 11: 17 (1996)

Type species

Images of the whole plant

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  Suriname
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Inflorescences

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  Suriname

Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

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  Ionopsis utricularioides
  plate 39 a in:
  John Lindley:
  Collectanea botanica,
  London (1821)
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  Ionopsis utricularioides
  (as syn.
  Ionopsis tenera)
  plate 1904 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 22,
  (1935)
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  Ionopsis utricularioides
  (as syn.
  Ionopsis paniculata)
  plate 5541 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 91,
  (1865)
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  Ionopsis utricularioides
  (as syn.
  Ionopsis paniculata)
  plate 18/4 in:
  James Bateman:
  A Second Century of
  Orchidaceous Plants
  London (1867)
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  Ionopsis utricularioides
  (as syn.
  Ionopsis paniculata
  var. maxima)
  plate 114 in:
  Jean Jules Linden
  L. Linden & E. Rodigas:
  Lindenia
  (1885-1906)
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  Ionopsis utricularioides
  (as syn.
  Ionopsis paniculata)
  plate 41 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, 2nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central. Regional: Caribbean Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Southern South America Paraguay. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Ionopsis utricularioides.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Ionopsis utricularioides