Prosthechea megahybos

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Prosthechea megahybos']

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

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 megahybos (Schltr.) Dodson & Hágsater (1999)

Synonyms

Basionym Epidendrum megahybos Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 8: 75 (1921) Homotypic synonyms Encyclia megahybos (Schltr.) P.Ortiz, Orquideologia 18: 99 (1991) Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum squamatum Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 134 (1881) Encyclia squamata Porto & Brade, Rodriguésia 1(2): 29 (1935) Epidendrum hoehnei A.D.Hawkes, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 18: 176 (1957) Encyclia hoehnei (A.D.Hawkes) Pabst, Bradea 2: 21 (1975) Prosthechea hoehnei (A.D.Hawkes) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 378 (1997 publ. 1998) Prosthechea squamata (Porto & Brade) Withner, Orchid Digest 65: 81 (2001)

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Prosthechea megahybos
  (as syn.
  Epidendrum squamatum)
  plate 15, fig. I 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: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast. Regional: Western South America Ecuador.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Prosthechea megahybos.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Prosthechea megahybos