Brassia maculata

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Spotted brassia
Brassia maculata - Curtis' 41 pl. 1691 (1815).jpg
1815 illustration from
Curtis's botanical magazine
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Brassia
Species:
B. maculata
Binomial name
Brassia maculata
R.Br. in W.T.Aiton (1813)
Synonyms [1]
  • Brassia maculata var. guttata(Lindl.) Lindl. (1854)
  • Oncidium brassiaRchb.f. (1863)
  • Brassia guttataLindl. (1842)
  • Brassia wrayaeSkinner ex Hook. (1843)

Brassia maculata, the spotted brassia, is a species of orchid. It is native to southern Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Campeche, Quintana Roo), Central America (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua), Cuba, and Jamaica. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Carnevali F., G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Jiménez-Machorro, L. Sánchez-Saldaña, L. Ibarra-González, I. M. Ramírez & M. P. Gómez. 2001. Notes on the flora of the Yucatan Peninsula II: a synopsis of the orchid flora of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula and a tentative checklist of the Orchidaceae of the Yucatan Peninsula biotic province. Harvard Papers in Botany 5(2): 383–466.
  3. ↑ Hamer, F. 1988. Orchids of Central America. Selbyana 10(Suppl.): 1–430.
  4. ↑ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
  5. ↑ McLeish, I., N. R. Pearce & B. R. Adams. 1995. Native Orchids of Belize. 1–278.
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