Prosthechea varicosa

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Prosthechea varicosa']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Prosthechea varicosa'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Laeliinae • Genus: Prosthechea • Species: Prosthechea varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) W.E.Higgins (1997 publ. 1998)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Epidendrum varicosum Bateman ex Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 30 (1838)
Homotypic synonyms
- Encyclia varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 474 (1918)
- Pseudencyclia varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) V.P.Castro & Chiron, Richardiana 4: 33 (2003)
- Pollardia varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) Withner & P.A.Harding, Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums: 245 (2004)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Epidendrum leiobolbon Hook., J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 308 (1841)
- Epidendrum quadratum Klotzsch, Allg. Gartenzeitung 18: 402 (1850)
- Epidendrum chiriquense Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 730 (1852)
- Epidendrum phymatoglossum Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 731 (1852)
- Epidendrum lunaeanum A.Rich. ex Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 3: 23 (1853)
- Encyclia chiriquensis (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 472 (1918)
- Encyclia phymatoglossa (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 473 (1918)
- Epidendrum ramirezii Gojon Sánchez, Mejores Orquideas Mexico: 46 (1930)
- Encyclia varicosa subsp. leiobolbon (Hook.) Robert Louis Dressler & G.E.Pollard, Phytologia 21: 438 (1971)
- Encyclia varicosa var. leiobolbon (Hook.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss, Orchid. Atlas: 148 (2007)

Botanical illustrations[edit]

Prosthechea varicosa
(as syn.
Epidendrum varicosum)
plate 56 in:
H. G. Reichenbach:
Xenia orchidacea - vol. 1
(1858)
Prosthechea varicosa
(as syn.
Epidendrum phymatoglossum
Epidendrum chiriquense)
plate 57 in:
H. G. Reichenbach:
Xenia orchidacea - vol. 1
(1858)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá.