Psychilis bifida

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Psychilis bifida']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Psychilis bifida'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Laeliinae • Genus: Psychilis • Species: Psychilis bifida (Aubl.) Sauleda (1988)

Synonyms

Basionym Epidendrum bifidum Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 824 (1775) Homotypic synonyms Psychilis amena Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 40 (1838) Encyclia bifida (Aubl.) Britton & P.Wilson Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 532 (1930) Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum papilionaceum Vahl in H.West, Bidr. Beskr. Ste Croix: 303 (1793) Epidendrum auropurpureum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 99 (1831) Epidendrum bifidum Lindl. ex Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 15: 52 (1859) Epidendrum papilionaceum var. grandiflorum Cogn. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 6: 505 (1910) Encyclia papilionacea (Vahl) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 6: 74 (1919) Epidendrum ekmanii Mansf., Ark. Bot. 20 A(15): 16 (1926) Epidendrum brittonianum A.D.Hawkes, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 18: 168 (1957) Encyclia ekmanii (Mansf.) Dod, Moscosoa 2: 15 (1983)

Type species

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Psychilis bifida
  (as syn.
  Epidendrum bifidum)
  plate 1879 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 22,
  (1836)
• 
  Psychilis bifida
  (as syn.
  Epidendrum bifidum)
  plate 1879 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 22,
  (1836)

  (Detail)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Southern America Caribbean Dominican Republic.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Psychilis bifida.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Psychilis bifida