Brachionidium

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Brachionidium

Overview of species (82)

B. alpestre – B. andreettae – B. arethusa – B. ballatrix – B. brachycladum – B. brevicaudatum – B. calypso – B. capillare – B. carmeniae – B. ciliolatum – B. condorense – B. cornu-nigricum – B. cruziae – B. dalstroemii – B. deflexum – B. demissum – B. dentatum – B. diaphanum – B. dodsonii – B. dorisiae – B. dressleri – B. ecuadorense – B. elegans – B. elzbietae – B. ephemerum – B. escobarii – B. filamentosum – B. folsomii – B. fornicatum – B. furfuraceum – B. galeatum – B. gonzalesiorum – B. haberi – B. hirtzii – B. imperiale – B. ingramii – B. inkaterrense – B. jesupiae – B. juliani – B. kirbyi – B. kuhniarum – B. lehmannii – B. longicaudatum – B. lopez-robertsiae – B. loxense – B. lucanoideum – B. machupicchuense – B. meridense – B. minusculum – B. muscosum – B. neblinense – B. operosum – B. parvifolium – B. parvum – B. peltarion – B. pepe-portillae – B. phalangiferum – B. piuntzae – B. polypodium – B. portillae – B. pteroglossum – B. puipuiensis – B. puraceense – B. pusillum – B. quatuor – B. renzii – B. restrepioides – B. rugosum – B. satyreum – B. serratum – B. sherringii – B. simplex – B. stellare – B. sulcatum – B. syme-morrisii – B. tetrapetalum – B. tuberculatum – B. uxorium – B. valerioi – B. vasquezii – B. viridis – B. yanachagaensis

Name

Brachionidium Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 8: 8 (1859)

Type species: Brachionidium parvifolium (Lindl.) Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 8: 1 (1859)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
- Yolanda Hoehne, Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 22: 72 (1919)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Southern America
- Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands.
- Northern South America
  - Guyana, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil Southeast, Brazil North.

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

References

Primary references

Lindley, J. 1859. Folia Orchidacea. Brachionidium Fasc. 8.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 339 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brachionidium. Accessed: 2021 Mar 21.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Brachionidium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 21. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Brachionidium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 21. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Brachionidium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Brachionidium. Published online. Accessed: 21 Mar 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Brachionidium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Mar 2021. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Cup orchid