Prosthechea baculus

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Prosthechea baculus']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Prosthechea baculus'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Laeliinae • Genus: Prosthechea • Species: Prosthechea baculus (Rchb.f.) W.E. Higgins (1997)

Synonyms

Basionym Epidendrum baculus Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 214 (1856) Homotypic synonyms Encyclia baculus (Rchb.f.) Dressler & G.E.Pollard, Phytologia 21: 436 (1971) Anacheilium baculus (Rchb.f.) Withner & P.A.Harding, Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums: 49 (2004) Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum fragrans var. megalanthum Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 223 (1849) Epidendrum pentotis Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 81 (1876) Epidendrum acuminatum Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 202 (1894) Epidendrum confusum Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 7: 197 (1899) Epidendrum beyrodtianum Schltr., Orchis 9: 49 (1915) Encyclia pentotis (Rchb.f.) Dressler, Brittonia 13: 265 (1961) Anacheilium confusum (Rolfe) Withner & P.A.Harding, Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums: 72 (2004) Prosthechea confusa (Rolfe) W.E.Higgins, Selbyana 29: 214 (2009)

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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. Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast. Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá. Regional: Western South America Colombia.

Wikispecies has an entry on: Prosthechea baculus.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Prosthechea baculus