Houlletia odoratissima

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Houlletia odoratissima']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Houlletia odoratissima'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Stanhopeinae • Genus: Houlletia • Species: Houlletia odoratissima Linden ex Lindl. & Paxton (1853)

Synonyms

Heterotypic synonyms
- Houlletia picta Linden & Rchb.f., Gartenflora 1855: 2 (1855)
- Houlletia odoratissima var. antioquensis André, Ill. Hort. 17: 59, t. 12 (1870)
- Houlletia odoratissima var. xanthina Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 38 (1884)
- Houlletia odoratissima var. macrosepala Regel, Gartenflora 34: 147 (1885)
- Houlletia juruenensis Hoehne, Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5: 47 (1910)
- Houlletia antioquensis (André) Ames & Nash in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1608 (1915)
- Houlletia buchtienii Kraenzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 28 (1928)
- Houlletia boliviana Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 65 (1929)
- Houlletia odoratissima f. antioquiensis (André) O.Gruss & M.Wolff, Orchid. Atlas: 170 (2007)
- Houlletia odoratissima f. xanthina (Rchb.f.) O.Gruss & M.Wolff, Orchid. Atlas: 170 (2007)

Botanical illustrations[edit]

Houlletia odoratissima
plate 3 in:
Jean Jules Linden:
Pescatorea
Bruxelles (1860)
Houlletia odoratissima
(as syn.
Houlletia picta)
plate 12 in:
Charles Antoine Lemaire:
L'Illustration horticole
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 17,
(1870)
Houlletia odoratissima
(as syn.
Houlletia picta)
plate 6305 in:
Curtis's Bot. Magazine
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 103,
(1877)
Houlletia odoratissima
(as syn.
Houlletia odoratissima
var. antioquensis)
Plate 316 in:
R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
The Orchid Album
(1882-1897)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Southern America Central America Panama. Northern South America Guyana, Suriname (doubtful), Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil North.