Dichaea pendula

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Dichaea pendula']

• English: Swartz's leafystem orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Zygopetalinae • Genus: Dichaea • Species: Dichaea pendula (Aubl.) Cogn. (1903)

Synonyms

Basionym Limodorum pendulum Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 819 (1775) Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum echinocarpon Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 124 (1788) Cymbidium echinocarpon (Sw.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 71 (1799) Pachyphyllum echinocarpon (Sw.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 731 (1826) Dichaea echinocarpa (Sw.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 208 (1833) Dichaea pendula var. ciliata Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(6): 487 (1906) Dichaea echinocarpa var. lobata Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11: 71 (1943) Dichaea lobata (Ames & Correll) L.O.Williams, Ceiba 1: 189 (1950) Dichaea pendula var. swartzii C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 77: 62 (1955) Dichaea swartzii (C.Schweinf.) Garay & H.R.Sweet, J. Arnold Arbor. 53: 397 (1972)

Botanical illustrations

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  Dichaea pendula
  (1775)

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  Dichaea pendula
  plate 102, fig I in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 6
  (1904-1906)
• 
  Dichaea pendula
  plate 102, fig I in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 6
  (1904-1906)

  (Detail)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Honduras, Panamá. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Dichaea pendula.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Dichaea pendula