Prosthechea aemula

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Prosthechea aemula']

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

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 aemula (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins (1997 publ. 1998)

Synonyms

Basionym Epidendrum aemulum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1898 (1836) Homotypic synonyms Epidendrum fragrans var. aemulum (Lindl.) Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 136 (1881) Encyclia fragrans subsp. aemula (Lindl.) Dressler, Phytologia 21: 440 (1971) Encyclia aemula (Lindl.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 1257 (1993) Anacheilium aemulum (Lindl.) Withner & P.A.Harding, Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums: 42 (2004) Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum cordatum Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 38 (1831) Epidendrum cordifolium Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 557 (1840) Epidendrum aemulum var. brevistriatum Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 37 (1876) Epidendrum fragrans var. alticallum Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 138 (1882) Epidendrum fragrans var. janeirense Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 137 (1882) Epidendrum fragrans var. micranthum Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 138 (1882) Epidendrum fragrans var. rivularium Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 137 (1882) Epidendrum fragrans var. brevistriatum (Rchb.f.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(5): 85 (1898)

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Prosthechea aemula
  (as syn.
  Epidendrum aemulum)
  plate 1898 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 22,
  (1836)
• 
  Prosthechea aemula
  (as syn.
  Epidendrum aemulum)
  plate 1898 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 22,
  (1836)

  (Detail)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Southern America Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central. Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Prosthechea aemula.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Prosthechea aemula