Maxillaria rufescens

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Maxillaria rufescens']

• Cebuano: Mormolyca rufescens
• svenska: Mormolyca rufescens
• Winaray: Mormolyca rufescens

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Maxillariinae • Genus: Maxillaria • Species: Maxillaria rufescens Lindl. (1836)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Mormolyca rufescens (Lindl.) M.A.Blanco, Lankesteriana 7: 531 (2007) Xanthoxerampellia rufescens (Lindl.) Szlach. & Sitko, Biodivers. Res. Conservation 25: 37 (2012) Heterotypic synonyms Maxillaria fuscata Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1848 (1836) Maxillaria rugosa Scheidw., Allg. Gartenzeitung 11: 101 (1843) Maxillaria articulata Klotzsch, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1853(App.): 11 (1853) Maxillaria vanillodora A.Rich. ex Rchb.f., Cat. Orch.-Samml. Schiller, ed. 3: 45 (1857), pro syn. Maxillaria rufescens var. flavida Rchb.f., Refug. Bot. 2: t. 79 (1869) Maxillaria rufescens var. florida Rchb.f., Refug. Bot. 2: t. 79 (1869) Maxillaria abelei Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 101 (1921)

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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Buds

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Botanical illustrations

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  plate 1848 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 22,
  (1836)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Guatemala, Honduras. Regional: Caribbean Leeward Islands, Trinidad-Tobago. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Maxillaria rufescens.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Maxillaria rufescens