Heterotaxis sessilis

Hidden Orchid
1826 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Maxillariinae
Genus: Heterotaxis
Species: Heterotaxis sessilis
Binomial name
Heterotaxis sessilis
(Sw.) F.Barros
Synonyms[2]
  • Epidendrum sessile Sw.
  • Maxillaria sessilis (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle 1910, illegitimate homonym, not Lindl. 1843
  • Heterotaxis crassifolia Lindl.
  • Dicrypta baueri Lindl.
  • Dicrypta crassifolia (Lindl.) Loudon
  • Maxillaria crassifolia (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Maxillaria gatunensis Schltr.

Heterotaxis sessilis is an epiphytic orchid widespread across the West Indies (Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Trinidad), Central America (all 7 countries), southern Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo), Florida and northern South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northern Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas).[2][3][4][5][6]

The species was long called by the synonym Maxillaria crassifolia but recent molecular studies have indicated that Maxillaria should be split into several genera.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Designer: M. Hart - Engraver: J. Watts. "The botanical register" vol. 12, illustration pl. 1028 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/132791)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 645, Maxillaria crassifolia (Lindley) Reichenbach f., Bonplandia (Hanover). 2: 16. 1854.
  4. ↑ Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326
  5. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  6. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  7. ↑ Blanco, M.A. et al. 2007. Generic realignments in Maxillarinae (Orchidaceae). Lankasteriana 7(3):515-537

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