Prosthechea pygmaea

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Prosthechea pygmaea']

• English: dwarf butterfly orchid

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 pygmaea (Hook.) W.E.Higgins (1997 publ. 1998)

Synonyms

Basionym Epidendrum pygmaeum Hook., J. Bot. (Hooker) 1: 49 (1834) Homotypic synonyms Hormidium pygmaeum (Hook.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 218 (1884) Encyclia pygmaea (Hook.) Dressler, Brittonia 13: 265 (1961) Anacheilium pygmaeum (Hook.)Baptista, Bol. CAOB 58: 49 (2005) Heterotypic synonyms Coelogyne triptera Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey, Voy. Monde: 201 (1834) Epidendrum caespitosum Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2: 1 (1836) Epidendrum uniflorum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 15 (1839) Epidendrum monanthum Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 558 (1840) Hormidium uniflorum Heynh., Nom. Bot. Hort.: 880 (1841) Hormidium tripterum (Brongn.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(5): 29 (1898) Microstylis humilis Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(6): 550 (1906) Hormidium humile (Cogn.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 331 (1920) Hormidium hioramii Acuña & Roíg, Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. Felipe Poey 10: 51 (1936) Epidendrum hioramii (Acuña & Roíg) Acuña & Alain, Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. Felipe Poey 24: 110 (1960) Encyclia triptera (Brongn.) Dressler & G.E.Pollard, Phytologia 21: 438 (1971) Lanium hioramii (Acuña & Roíg) H.Dietr., Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 29: 524 (1980)

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Prosthechea pygmaea
  (as syn.
  Epidendrum pygmaeum)
  plate 3220 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 60,
  (1833)
• 
  Prosthechea pygmaea
  (as syn.
  Hormidium tripterum)
  plate 8, fig. II in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 5
  (1898-1902)
• 
  Prosthechea pygmaea
  (as syn.
  Microstylis humilis)
  plate 114, fig III 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 Central, 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. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America' Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

External links

Wikispecies has an entry on: Prosthechea pygmaea.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Prosthechea pygmaea