Prosthechea boothiana

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Prosthechea boothiana']

• English: Dollar orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Laeliinae • Genus: Prosthechea • Species: Prosthechea boothiana (Rchb.f.) W.E. Higgins (1997)

Synonyms

Basionym Epidendrum boothianum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 5 (1838) Homotypic synonyms Epicladium boothianum (Lindl.) Small, Fl. Miami: 56 (1913) Hormidium boothianum (Lindl.) Brieger, Publ. Ci. Inst. Genét. Esc. Super. Agric. Luis de Queiroz 1: 21 (1960) Encyclia boothiana (Lindl.) Robert Louis Dressler, Brittonia 13: 264 (1961) Pseudencyclia boothiana (Lindl.) V.P.Castro & Chiron, Richardiana 4: 32 (2003) Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum bidentatum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 98 (1831) Diacrium bidentatum Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 221 (1884) Epidendrum erythronioides Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 328 (1903) Epicladium boothianum var. erythronioides (Small) Acuña, Bol. Estaçión Exp. Agron. Santiago de las Vegas 60: 89 (1938 publ. 1939) Encyclia boothiana var. erythronioides (Small) Luer, Florida Orchidist 14: 29 (1971) Encyclia bidentata (Hemsl.) Hágsater & Soto Arenas, Orquidea (Mexico City), n.s., 13: 215 (1993) Encyclia bidentata subsp. erythronioides (Small) Hágsater, Orquidea (Mexico City), n.s., 13: 216 (1993) Encyclia boothiana subsp. erythronioides (Small) Hágsater ex Christenson, Lindleyana 11: 15 (1996) Prosthechea boothiana var. erythronioides (Small) Mark Anthony Nir, Orchid. Antill.: 407 (2000)

Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

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  Prosthechea boothiana
  (as syn.
  Epicladium boothianum)
  plate 607 in:
  Addisonia,
  (1916-1964)
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  Prosthechea boothiana
  (as syn.
  Epicladium boothianum)
  plate 607 in:
  Addisonia,
  (1916-1964)

  (Detail)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Regional: Mexico Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Guatemala. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Prosthechea boothiana.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Prosthechea boothiana