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(Redirected from Artorima erubescens) Genus of orchids

Artorima
1843 illustration from Bateman:
"Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala"
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Artorima
Dressler & G.E. Pollard
Species: A. erubescens
Binomial name
Artorima erubescens
Dressler & G.E. Pollard
Synonyms
  • Epidendrum erubescens Lindl. (1841).
  • Encyclia erubescens (Lindl.) Schltr. (1914).


Artorima is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. At present (May 2014), only one species is known: Artorima erubescens

Description

It is an epiphytic orchid with a thick rhizome and a broad conical-ovoid pseudobulb bearing 3-6 elliptic to oblong-lanceolate leaves 20-120 cm long, with a loose terminal panicle, few to many , fragrant flowers that bloom winter through early spring.

Distribution

It is found in the ever-cloud forests of Guerrero and Oaxaca in southern Mexico on the highest peaks at elevations from 2,400 to 3,100 meters in a cool place to growing cold.

  • Artorima erubescens Artorima erubescens

See also

References

  1. Dressler, Robert Louis & Pollard, Glenn E. 1971. Nomenclatural notes on the Orchidaceae IV. Phytologia 21:433-439
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Hágsater, E. & G. A. Salazar. 1990. Orchids of Mexico, pt. 1. Icones Orchidacearum (Mexico) 1: plates 1–100.
  4. Leopoldi, Carlos. 2011. Artorima erubescens, una curiosidad de la orquídeoflora mexicana. Desde el Herbario Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán 3: 87–88 Archived May 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Greenwood, E. 1983. Artorima erubescens (Lindl.) Dressler & Pollard notas sobre el mecanismo de polinización. Orquídea (México) 9: 113–118.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 196 ff. Oxford University Press.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

  • Media related to Artorima at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Artorima at Wikispecies
Taxon identifiers
Artorima
Artorima erubescens


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