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December 2023

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genus

Prosthechea Knowles & Westc.

This genus name was first published in Fl. Cab. 2: 111 (1838) Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000031243.

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Synonyms of Prosthechea

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Anacheilium Hoffmanns. Linnaea 16(Litt.): 229 (1842) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000001804
Epicladium Small Fl. Miami : 56 (1913) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000013578
Euchile (Dressler & G.E.Pollard) Withner Cattleyas & Relatives 5: 137 (1998) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000014104
Hormidium Lindl. ex Heynh. Nom. Bot. Hort. : 880 (1841) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000018279
Panarica Withner & P.A.Harding Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums : 207 (2004) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000027847
Pollardia Withner & P.A.Harding Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums : 217 (2004) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000030656
Pseudencyclia Chiron & V.P.Castro Richardiana 4: 31 (2003) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000031368
Epithecia Knowles & Westc. Fl. Cab. 2: 167 (1838) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4100003145

Species in Prosthechea ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Prosthechea:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prosthechea alagoense (Pabst) W.E.Higgins Phytologia 82: 376. 1998 [1997 publ. 1998] 1998 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001350059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prosthechea bidentata W.E.Higgins 1997 wfo-0001253245
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prosthechea calamarium (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins Phytologia 82: 377. 1998 [1997 publ. 1998] 1998 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001350118
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prosthechea chondylobolbon (A.Rich. & Galeotti) W.E.Higgins Phytologia 82: 377. 1998 [1997 publ. 1998] 1998 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001349012
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prosthechea cochleata f. albidoflava (P.M.Br.) P.M.Br. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 5(1): 18. 1999 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001323554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prosthechea grisebachiana (Cogn.) W.E.Higgins Phytologia 82: 378. 1998 [1997 publ. 1998] 1998 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001349411