Octomeria graminifolia

Octomeria graminifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Octomeria
Species: Octomeria graminifolia

Name

Octomeria graminifolia R.Br., Hort. Kew., ed. 2 [W.T. Aiton] 5: 211 (1813)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Dendrobium graminifolium (L.) Willd. in Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 135 (1805)
• Homotypic
  • Enothrea graminifolia (L.) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 44 (1838)
  • Epidendrum graminifolium L. in Sp. Pl. ed. 2.: 1353 (1763)
• Heterotypic
  • Humboltia apiculata (Lindl.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 667 (1891)
  • Octomeria apiculata (Lindl.) Garay & H.R.Sweet in J. Arnold Arbor. 53: 391 (1972)
  • Octomeria baueri Lindl. in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 10 (1830)
  • Octomeria graminifolia var. lancifolia Regel in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1858: 28 (1859)
  • Octomeria graminifolia var. ophioglossoides Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 611 (1864)
  • Octomeria loddigesii Lindl. in Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 354 (1837)
  • Octomeria longerepens Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 58 (1924)
  • Octomeria serpens Schltr. in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 42(2): 92 (1925)
  • Pleurothallis apiculata Lindl. in Fol. Orchid. 9: 17 (1859)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Leeward Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador. Brazil Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London 2nd ed. [W.T. Aiton] 5: 211.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 375 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Octomeria graminifolia. Accessed: 2023 Jan 27.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Octomeria graminifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Octomeria graminifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Octomeria graminifolia. Published online. Accessed: 27 Jan 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Octomeria graminifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Jan 2023.

Vernacular names

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