Coryanthes speciosa

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Coryanthes speciosa']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Coryanthes speciosa'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Stanhopeinae • Genus: Coryanthes • Species: Coryanthes speciosa Hook. (1831)

Synonyms
Homotypic synonyms Gongora speciosa (Hook.) Hook., Bot. Mag. 54: t. 2755 (1827) Meliclis speciosa (Hook.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 100 (1837)

Species

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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Capsules (fruit)

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Botanical illustrations

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  Coryanthes speciosa
  (as syn.
  Gongora speciosa)
  plate 2755 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 54,
  (1827)
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  Coryanthes speciosa
  plate 36 in:
  James Bateman:
  The Orchidaceae of Mexiko and Guatemala,
  (1843)
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  Coryanthes speciosa
  plate 3 in:
  John Gould:
  A Monograph of the Trochilidae
  vol. 1,
  (1849-1861)

Varietates

Coryanthes speciosa var. sumneriana (Lindl.) G.Gerlach, Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt 83: 158 (1993)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central. Regional: Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Peru.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Coryanthes speciosa.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Coryanthes speciosa