Liparis vexillifera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Malaxideae
Genus: Liparis
Species: Liparis vexillifera
Name

Liparis vexillifera (Lex.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(4): 289 (1895)
Synonymy

Basionym
Cymbidium vexilliferum Lex. in P.de La Llave & Lex., Nov. Veg. Descr. 2(Orchid. Opusc.): 11 (1825)
Homotypic
Leptorkis vexillifera (Lex.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 300 (1898)
Heterotypic
Malaxis galeottiana A.Rich. & Galeotti, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 18 (1845)
Liparis galeottiana (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Hemsl., Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 559 (1879)
Liparis vexillifera var. latifolia Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(4): 290 (1895)
Liparis vexillifera var. galeottiana (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 10: 79 (1942)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Mexico
Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.

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

Cogniaux, C.A. 1895. Flora Brasiliensis 3(4): 289–290.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Liparis vexillifera. Accessed: 2021 Jul 17.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Liparis vexillifera in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 17. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Liparis vexillifera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 17. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Liparis vexillifera. 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 Jul 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Liparis vexillifera. Published online. Accessed: 17 Jul 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Liparis vexillifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Jul 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Tropical widelip orchid