Catasetum × tapiriceps Rchb.f.

First published in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 3: 136 (1888)
This hybrid is accepted
The native range of this hybrid is Colombia to S. Venezuela and N. Brazil. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. The hybrid formula is C. macrocarpum × C. pileatum.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

French Guiana, Guyana

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Romero, G.A. & Carnevali, G. (1989). A new combination for the Orchid Flora of Southern Venezuela: Catasetum ×tapiriceps Reichf.f. (pro sp.). Lindleyana 4: 127-134.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Romero, G.A. & Carnevali, G. (1989). A new combination for the Orchid Flora of Southern Venezuela: Catasetum ×tapiriceps Reichf.f. (pro sp.). Lindleyana 4: 127-134.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1932 Catasetum × apertum K000588864 Yes
Catasetum × apertum K000588865 Yes
Catasetum × splendens 14164.000 No
Ecuador Catasetum × splendens 14166.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.], Venezuela Catasetum × splendens 29047.179 No
s.coll. [s.n.], Venezuela Catasetum × splendens 6199.000 No
Catasetum × splendens var. flavescens 14291.000 No

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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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 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
  • 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
  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images
  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0