Heterotaxis sessilis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Heterotaxis sessilis']

• English: Hidden orchid
• Cebuano: Maxillaria crassifolia

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Maxillariinae • Genus: Heterotaxis • Species: Heterotaxis sessilis (Sw.) F.Barros (2002

Synonyms

Basionym Epidendrum sessile Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 122 (1788) Homotypic synonyms Maxillaria sessilis (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 1: 120 (1910) Heterotypic synonyms Heterotaxis crassifolia Lindl., Bot. Reg. 12: t. 1028 (1826) Dicrypta baueri Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 44 (1830) Dicrypta crassifolia (Lindl.) Loudon, Suppl. Hort. Brit. 3: 536 (1850) Maxillaria crassifolia (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 16 (1854)

Type species

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

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  Heterotaxis sessilis
  (as syn.
  Heterotaxis crassifolia)
  plate 1657 in:
  The Botanical Cabinet
  Conrad Loddiges & Son
  London (1817-1833)
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  Heterotaxis sessilis
  (as syn.
  Heterotaxis crassifolia)
  plate 1028 in:
  The Botanical Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 12,
  (1826)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil North. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad-Tobago. Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Heterotaxis sessilis.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Heterotaxis sessilis