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Brassia maculata

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Species of orchid

Spotted brassia
1815 illustration from
Curtis's botanical magazine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Brassia maculata var. guttata (Lindl.) Lindl. (1854)
  • Oncidium brassia Rchb.f. (1863)
  • Brassia guttata Lindl. (1842)
  • Brassia wrayae Skinner 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.

References

  1. ^ 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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Taxon identifiers
Brassia maculata


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