Caucaea Schltr.
First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 189 (1920)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is N. & W. South America.
Distribution
Native to:
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Abola Lindl. in Fol. Orchid. 4: 30 (1853), nom. illeg.
Accepted Species
- Caucaea caucana Szlach. & Kolan.
- Caucaea colombiana Uribe Vélez, Sauleda & Szlach.
- Caucaea duquei Szlach. & Kolan.
- Caucaea nubigena (Lindl.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase
- Caucaea olivacea (Kunth) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase
- Caucaea phalaenopsis (Linden & Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase
- Caucaea radiata (Lindl.) Mansf.
- Caucaea sanguinolenta (Lindl.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0