Orchidaceae
Prosthechea

Prosthechea calamaria (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins

First published in Phytologia 82: 377 (1997 publ. 1998)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. South America, NE. & E. Bolivia. SE. Brazil (to Tocantins). It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chiron, G.R. & Bolsanello, R.X. (2013). Orchidées du Brésil. As orquídeas da Serra do Castelo (Espírito Santo, Brasil) 3: 1-389. Chiron.
  • Ferreira, A.W.C., Lima, M.I.S. & Pansarin, E.R. (2010). Orchidaceae na região central de São Paulo, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 61: 243-259.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Pansarin, E.R. & Pansarin, L.M. (2008). A família Orchidaceae na Serra do Japi, São Paulo, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 87-98.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (ed.) (2016). Orchids of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana) 1: 1-461. Koeltz Botanical Books.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2012). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2012/.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Pansarin, E.R. & Pansarin, L.M. (2008). A família Orchidaceae na Serra do Japi, São Paulo, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 87-98.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2012 s.coll. [s.n.] K000878576 Yes
Nov 1, 2012 s.coll. [s.n.] K000878578 Yes
Nov 1, 2012 Cummins, G.W. [s.n.] Brazil K000878575 Yes
Nov 1, 2012 s.coll. [s.n.] K000878573 Yes
Nov 1, 2012 s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000878579 Yes
Nov 1, 2012 s.coll. [s.n.] K000878577 Yes
Nov 1, 2012 s.coll. [s.n.] K000878574 Yes
Brazil Epidendrum calamarium K:SPC-18357.000 No
Brazil Epidendrum calamarium K000583886 Unknown Type Material Yes
Epidendrum calamarium K:SPC-09299.000 No
Dungs, F. [16] Brazil Epidendrum calamarium K:SPC-38624.000 No
Epidendrum calamarium K:SPC-20154.000 No
Apr 1, 1994 Glaziou, A.F.M. [17260] Brazil Encyclia calamaria K000583884 Isotype Yes
[Linjman], W. [s.n.] Brazil Encyclia calamaria K000583885 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brazil Encyclia calamaria K000583883 Unknown Type Material Yes
Encyclia calamaria K000583882 Unknown Type Material Yes
Encyclia calamaria K000583881 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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