Trichocentrum carthagenense

Trichocentrum carthagenense
Illustration of Trichocentrum carthagenense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Trichocentrum
Species:	T. carthagenense
Binomial name
Trichocentrum carthagenense (Jacq.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Synonyms
Epidendrum carthagenense Jacq. (basionym) Cymbidium undulatumSw. Epidendrum crispumLam. Lophiaris carthagenensis(Jacq.) Braem Lophiaris oerstedii(Rchb.f.) R.Jiménez & Carnevali & Dressler Oncidium carthagenense(Jacq.) Sw. Oncidium carthagenense var. klotzschiiLindl. Oncidium carthagenense var. sanguineum(Lindl.) Lindl. Oncidium carthagenense var. swartziiLindl. Oncidium guttatum var. roseumLindl. Oncidium henchmannii(Knowles & Westc.) Lodd. Oncidium huntianumHook. Oncidium huntleyanumBeer ex Lindl. Oncidium kymatoidesKraenzl. Oncidium luridum var. henchmanniiKnowles & Westc. Oncidium obsoletumGaleotti ex Lindl. Oncidium oerstedii var. crispiflorumSchltr. Oncidium panduriferumKunth Oncidium roseumLodd. Oncidium salvadorenseSchltr. Oncidium sanguineumLindl. Oncidium sanguineum var. roseumRegel

Trichocentrum carthagenense, also known as the Coot Bay dancing lady orchid, is a species of orchid found from the Everglades, the Caribbean and Mexico, Central America and down to northern Brazil. ^[1] The species name refers to the Cartagena, Colombia, where it was first collected in 1760. ^[2]

References

1. Cetzal-Ix, William; Carnevali, Germán; Romero-González, Gustavo (2016). "SYNOPSIS OF THE TRICHOCENTRUM-CLADE (ORCHIDACEAE, ONCIDIINAE)" . Harvard Papers in Botany. 21 (2): 141–169. doi:10.3100/hpib.v21iss2.2016.n3. ISSN   1043-4534. JSTOR   90000319. S2CID   90477190.
2. Hammer, Roger L. (2015-01-06). Everglades Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Historic Everglades, including Big Cypress, Corkscrew, and Fakahatchee Swamps. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 77. ISBN   978-1-4930-1459-0.