Orchidaceae
Brassia

Brassia caudata (L.) Lindl.

First published in Bot. Reg. 10: t. 832 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Florida, Mexico to Tropical America. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (2005). 225(2). Orchidaceae Genera Aa-Cyrtidiorchis. Flora of Ecuador 76: 1-347. Botanical Institute, University of Göteborg, Riksmuseum, Stockholm.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pessoa, E., de Barros, F. & Alves, M. (2015). Orchidaceae from Viruá National Park, Roraima, Brazilian Amazon. Phytotaxa 192: 61-96.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • CITES (2021). Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1988 Niell, D. [17315] Ecuador K001463767 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Niell, D. [17315] Ecuador K001463768 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Strudwick, J.J.; Sobel, G.L.; Nelson, B.W.; Pinheiro, A.N.; Rosário, C.S.; Silva, N.A. [4192] Brazil K000879422 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 K000586489 Type Yes
Taylor, P. [144] Ecuador K:SPC-35957.000 No
K:SPC-12520.000 No
Wright, C. [639] Cuba K000079758 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-51892.000 No
K000586488 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-13565.000 No
Guyana K:SPC-05648.000 No
Guyana K:SPC-14221.000 No
K:SPC-14224.000 No
Warscewicz [s.n.] K000079756 Unknown Type Material Yes
Regel [s.n.] Brazil K000079757 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-14223.000 No
Cuba K000079755 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-14222.000 No
Ecuador, Peru, Panama K001463763 Yes
Ecuador, Peru, Panama K001463764 Yes
Ecuador, Peru, Panama K001463765 Yes
Ecuador, Peru, Panama K001463766 Yes
Niell, D. [17315], Ecuador K001463767 Yes
Niell, D. [17315], Ecuador K001463768 Yes
Ecuador, Peru, Panama K001463769 Yes
Ecuador, Peru, Panama K001463770 Yes
Ecuador, Peru, Panama K001463771 Yes
Ecuador, Peru, Panama K001463772 Yes
Ecuador, Peru, Panama K001463773 Yes
Ecuador, Peru, Panama K001463774 Yes
Ecuador, Peru, Panama K001463775 Yes
Ecuador, Peru, Panama K001463776 Yes
Ecuador, Peru, Panama K001463777 Yes
Powell, C.W. [s. coll] Panama Brassia longissima var. minor K001463803 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0