Polycycnis muscifera

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Polycycnis muscifera']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Polycycnis muscifera'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Stanhopeinae • Genus: Polycycnis • Species: Polycycnis muscifera (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f. (1855)

Synonyms
Basionym Cycnoches musciferum Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton's Fl. Gard. 3: 28 (1852) Heterotypic synonyms Cycnoches barbatum Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 268 (1849) Polycycnis barbata (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 218 (1855) Polycycnis acutiloba Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 141 (1924) Cycnoches buchtienii Kraenzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 26 (1928)

Type species

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Polycycnis muscifera
  (as syn.
  Cycnoches barbatum)
  plate 4455 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 75,
  (1849)
• 
  Polycycnis muscifera
  (as syn.
  Cycnoches barbatum)
  plate 50 in:
  John Gould:
  A Monograph of the Trochilidae
  vol. 2,
  (1849-1861)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Southern America Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Polycycnis muscifera.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Polycycnis muscifera