Brassavola

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Brassavola']

العربية: براسافولا
مصرى: براسافولا
فارسی: براساولا
suomi: Brassavolat
日本語: ブラッサボラ属
перем коми: Брассавола
коми: Брассавола
lietuvių: Vaurutė
мокшень: Брассавола
олык марий: Брассавола
кырык мары: Брассавола
русский: Брассавола
svenska: Nattstjärnesläktet
удмурт: Брассавола
中文: 柏拉兰属, 修胫兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 柏拉兰属
中文（臺灣）: 柏拉蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Laeliinae • Genus: Brassavola R. Br. (1813)

Genus Brassavola {aut|R. Br.}} (1813)[edit]

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum L., Sp. Pl.: 952 (1753) Lysimnia Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 43 (1838) Tulexis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 42 (1838)

19 Species[edit]

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 30 May 2022):
B. acaulis, B. amazonica, B. angustata, B. appendiculata, B. caraiensis, B. ceboletta, B. cucullata, B. fasciculata, B. filifolia, B. flagellaris, B. harrisii, B. martiana, B. nodosa, B. ovaliformis, B. pitengoensis, B. retusa, B. subulifolia, B. tuberculata, B. xerophylla

Included species (for Tropicos, 30 May 2022):

B. acaulis, B. amazonica, B. angustata, B. appendiculata, B. caraiensis, B. ceboletta, B. chacoensis, B. cordata, B. cucullata, B. cuspidata, B. digbyana, B. duckeana, B. elegans, B. fasciculata, B. filifolia, B. flagellaris, B. fragans, B. fragrans, B. gardneri, B. gibbsiana, B. gillettei, B. glauca, B. grandiflora, B. harrisii, B. lineata, B. martiana, B. mathieuana, B. multiflora, B. nodosa, B. odoratissima, B. ovaliformis, B. paraensis, B. perrinii, B. pescatorei, B. pitengoensis, B. pumilio, B. reginae, B. retusa, B. revoluta, B. rhomboglossa, B. rhopalorrhachis, B. rigida, B. scaposa, B. sloanei, B. stricta, B. subulifolia, B. surinamensis, B. tuberculata, B. venosa, B. vomeriformis, B. xerophylla
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Brassavola cucullata (L.) R.Br. (1813)

Brassavola acaulis
Brassavola ceboletta
Brassavola cucullata
Type species
Brassavola flagellaris
Brassavola martiana
Brassavola nodosa
Brassavola subulifolia
Brassavola tuberculata

Excludes Brassavola species[edit]

Brassavola digbyana
Rhyncholaelia digbyana
Brassavola glauca
Rhyncholaelia glauca

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Aruba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.

References[edit]

Description of taxon

References[edit]

Brown, R. (1813) Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 216.

Selected Bibliography

Jones, H.G. (1975). Nomenclatural revision of the genus Brassavola R.Br. of the Orchidaceae. Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 79: 9-22.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 205 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127

Selected Weblinks

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Brassavola

Genus Brassavola {aut|R. Br.}} (1813)[edit]

19 Species[edit]

Excludes Brassavola species[edit]

References[edit]

References[edit]

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