Brassavola

Brassavola cucullata (Typus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Laeliinae
Genus: Brassavola
Sectiones: (4)
B. sect. Brassavola – B. sect. Cuneilabia – B. sect. Lateraliflorae – B. sect. Sessililabia

Overview of species (24)

B. acaulis – B. angustata – B. appendiculata – B. ceboletta – B. cucullata – B. fasciculata – B. filifolia – B. flagellaris – B. gardneri – B. gillettei – B. grandiflora – B. harrisii – B. martiana – B. nodosa – B. perrinii – B. pitengoensis – B. reginae – B. retusa – B. revoluta – B. rhomboglossa – B. subulifolia – B. tuberculata – B. venosa – B. xerophylla
Nothogenus:
× Brassocattleya Rolfe

Name

Brassavola R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 216 (1813), nom. cons.

Type species: Brassavola cucullata (L.) R.Br. (1813)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
- Epidendrum L., Sp. Pl.: 952 (1753), nom. rej.
- Lysimnia Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 43 (1838)
- Tulexis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 42 (1838)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest.
Southern America
- Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central.
- Caribbean
  - Aruba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Peru.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Brown, R. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 216.
Jones, H.G. 1975. Nomenclatural revision of the genus Brassavola R.Br. of the Orchidaceae. Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 79: 9–22.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 205 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Brassavola in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 7.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Brassavola in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 7.

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Brassavola. Published online. Accessed 7 December 2018.

The Plant List 2013. Brassavola in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 7.

Tropicos.org 2018. Brassavola . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 7.

Vernacular names

العربية: براسافولا
suomi: Brassavolat
日本語: ブラッサボラ属
Перем Коми: Брассавола
коми: Брассавола
lietuvių: Vaurutė
олык марий: Брассавола
кырык мары: Брассавола
svenska: Nattstjärnesläktet
удмурт: Брассавола

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