Arpophyllum giganteum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Arpophyllum giganteum']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Arpophyllum giganteum'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Laeliinae • Genus: Arpophyllum • Species: Arpophyllum giganteum Hartw. ex Lindl. (1840)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Arpophyllum cardinale Linden & Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 282 (1854) Arpophyllum squarrosum Lubbers, Cat. Pl. Rar.: 15 (1880) Arpophyllum jamaicense Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 443 (1920) Arpophyllum stenostachyum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 32 (1923)

Species

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

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  Arpophyllum cardinale)
  plate 45 in:
  Jean Jules Linden:
  Pescatorea
  Bruxelles (1860)
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  plate 39 in:
  Robert Warner:
  Select Orchidaceous Plants - I. Series
  (1862-1865)

Subspecies

Arpophyllum giganteum subsp. medium (Rchb.f.) Dressler, Novon 10: 193 (2000)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Jamaica. Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Colombia.

References

Description of taxon

• Hartweg, K.T. (1840) Annals of Natural History 4: 384.

Selected Bibliography Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 193 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127
Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Arpophyllum giganteum.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Arpophyllum giganteum
• eMonocot link: Arpophyllum giganteum
• Tropicos link: Arpophyllum giganteum
• International Plant Names Index link: Arpophyllum giganteum
• The Plant List link: Arpophyllum giganteum