Eulophia alta

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Eulophia alta']

• English: Wild coco

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Eulophiinae • Genus: Eulophia • Species: Eulophia alta (L.) Fawc. & Rendle (1910)

Synonyms

Basionym Limodorum altum L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 2: 594 (1767) Homotypic synonyms Bletia alta (L.) Hitchc., Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 132 (1893) Platypus altus (L.) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S., ed. 2: 329 (1913) Cyrtopera alta (L.) Stehlé, Bull. Agric. Martinique 8: 155 (1939) Heterotypic synonyms Cyrtopodium woodfordii Sims, Bot. Mag. 43: t. 1814 (1816) Dendrobium longifolium Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 360 (1816) Xylobium longifolium (Kunth) Lindl. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 733 (1826) Cypripedium epidendricum Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 64 (1831) Maxillaria longifolia (Kunth) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 150 (1832) Cyrtopera woodfordii (Sims) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 189 (1833) Govenia barbata Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2: 5 (1836) Cyrtopera longifolia var. pachystelidia Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 734 (1852) Cyrtopera woodfordii var. pachystelidia Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 734 (1852) Cyrtopera longifolia (Kunth) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 668 (1863) Lissochilus amazonicus Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 89 (1877) Cyrtopera amazonica (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 180 (1882) Cyrtopera vellosiana Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 179 (1882), nom. superfl. Paphiopedilum epidendricum (Vell.) Pfitzer, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 42 (1894) Eulophia woodfordii (Sims) Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 68 (1897) Cyrtopera longifolia var. amazonica (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(5): 355 (1901) Platypus papilliferus Small & Nashin J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 329 (1903) Eulophia longifolia (Kunth) Schltr., Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 347 (1914) Eulophia longifolia var. flavescens Schltr., Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secç. Bot. 1(4): 62 (1922) Eulophia longifolia var. amazonica (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. in F.C.Hoehne, Fl. Brasílica 12(6): 4 (1942) Eulophia alta f. pallida P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 132 (1995) Eulophia alta var. alba L.C.Menezes, Bol. CAOB 33: 70 (1998) Eulophia alta f. pelchatii P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 4: 46 (1998) Eulophia alta f. flavescens (Schltr.) F.Barros, Orchid Memories: 20 (2004) Eulophia alta var. pachystelidia (Rchb.f.) G.A.Romero, Vanishing Beauty, Native Costa Rican Orchids 1: 318 (2005)

Images of the whole plant

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  Suriname

Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

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  Eulophia alta
  (as syn.
  Limodorum altum)
  plate 930 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 24,
  (1814)
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  Eulophia alta
  (as syn.
  Cyrtopodium woodfordii)
  plate 1814 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 43,
  (1816)
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  Eulophia alta
  (as syn.
  Cyrtopodium woodfordii)
  plate 1508 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 18,
  (1832)
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  Eulophia alta
  (as syn.
  Cyrtopera longifolia)
  plate 76 in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 5
  (1898-1902)
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  Eulophia alta
  (as syn.
  Cyrtopera longifolia
  var. amazonica)
  plate 77 in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 5
  (1898-1902)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierre Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaïre. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida, Georgia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, C. American Pacific Islands, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America‘‘‘ Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Eulophia alta.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Eulophia alta