Elleanthus capitatus

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Elleanthus capitatus']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Elleanthus capitatus'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Sobralieae • Genus: Elleanthus • Species: Elleanthus capitatus (Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb.f. (1862)

Synonyms

Basionym Evelyna capitata Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 32 (1836) Homotypic synonyms Epidendrum capitatum (Poepp. & Endl.) Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 202 (1894) Heterotypic synonyms Evelyna casapensis Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 709 (1852) Evelyna cephalophora Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 709 (1852) Evelyna cynarocephala Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 216 (1856) Elleanthus casapensis (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 475 (1862) Elleanthus cephalophorus (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 476 (1862) Elleanthus cynarocephalus (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 476 (1862) Elleanthus zamorensis Garay, Fl. Ecuador 9(225: 1): 109 (1978) Evelyna zamorensis (Garay) Dudek & Szlach., Richardiana 11: 9 (2010)

Inflorescences

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  Elleanthus capitatus
  Suriname
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  Elleanthus capitatus
  Suriname
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  Elleanthus capitatus
  Peru - Machu Picchu
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  Elleanthus capitatus
  Peru - Machu Picchu

Botanical illustrations

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  Elleanthus capitatus
  (as syn.
  Evelyna capitata)
  plate 56 in:
  E.F. Poeppig & S. Endlicher
  Nova genera ac species plantarum,
  quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano
  et in terra Amazonica
  (Orchidaceae)
  (1827–1832)

  
  

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil North.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Elleanthus capitatus.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Elleanthus capitatus