Brassia aurantiaca

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Oncidiinae
Genus: Brassia
Species: Brassia aurantiaca
Name

Brassia aurantiaca (Lindl.) M.W.Chase, Phytotaxa 20: 27. (2011)
Synonymy

Basionym
Ada aurantiaca Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 5: 1 (1853)
Homotypic
Mesospinidium aurantiacum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 857 (1864)
Acropera aurantiaca (Lindl.) B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 7: 77 (1896), sphalm.
Heterotypic
Brassia cinnabarina Linden ex Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 5: 6 (1854)
Oncidium cinnabarinum (Linden ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 770 (1863)
Mesospinidium cinnabarinum (Linden ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 858 (1864)
Ada lehmannii Rolfe, Gard. Chron. 1891(2): 34 (1891)
Ada aurantiaca var. maculata Cogn. in C.A.Cogniaux & A.P.G.Goossens, Dict. Icon. Orchid., Ada: t. 1A (1899)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela.
Western South America
Colombia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Chase, M.W. 2011. Phytotaxa 20: 27.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brassia aurantiaca. Accessed: 2021 Mar 23.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Brassia aurantiaca in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 23. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Brassia aurantiaca in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 23. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Brassia aurantiaca. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Brassia aurantiaca. Published online. Accessed: 23 Mar 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Brassia aurantiaca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Mar 2021.

Vernacular names

Brassia aurantiaca is a species of orchid. It is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.[1]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families