Prosthechea varicosa

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Prosthechea varicosa']

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

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 varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) W.E.Higgins (1997 publ. 1998)

Synonyms

Basionym Epidendrum varicosum Bateman ex Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 30 (1838) Homotypic synonyms Encyclia varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 474 (1918) Pseudencyclia varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) V.P.Castro & Chiron, Richardiana 4: 33 (2003) Pollardia varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) Withner & P.A.Harding, Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums: 245 (2004) Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum leiobolbon Hook., J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 308 (1841) Epidendrum quadratum Klotzsch, Allg. Gartenzeitung 18: 402 (1850) Epidendrum chiriquense Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 730 (1852) Epidendrum phymatoglossum Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 731 (1852) Epidendrum lunaeanum A.Rich. ex Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 3: 23 (1853) Encyclia chiriquensis (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 472 (1918) Encyclia phymatoglossa (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 473 (1918) Epidendrum ramirezii Gojon Sánchez, Mejores Orquideas Mexico: 46 (1930) Encyclia varicosa subsp. leiobolbon (Hook.) Robert Louis Dressler & G.E.Pollard, Phytologia 21: 438 (1971) Encyclia varicosa var. leiobolbon (Hook.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss, Orchid. Atlas: 148 (2007)

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Prosthechea varicosa
  (as syn.
  Epidendrum varicosum)
  plate 56 in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 1
  (1858)
• 
  Prosthechea varicosa
  (as syn.
  Epidendrum phymatoglossum
  Epidendrum chiriquense)
  plate 57 in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 1
  (1858)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Prosthechea varicosa.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Prosthechea varicosa