Oncidium altissimum

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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: Oncidium
Species: Oncidium altissimum
Name

Oncidium altissimum (Jacq.) Sw., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 240 (1800)

Type species:

Synonymy

Basionym
Epidendrum altissimum Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 30 (1760)
Homotypic
Cymbidium altissimum (Jacq.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 74 (1799)
Xeilyathum altissimum (Jacq.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 62 (1837)
Heterotypic
Oncidium forkelii Scheidw., Allg. Gartenzeitung 10: 309 (1842)

Homonym

Oncidium altissimum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1651 (1834), nom. illeg. vide: Oncidium baueri Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 200 (1833)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands.

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

Swartz, O.P. 1800. Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar. Stockholm 21:240.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Oncidium altissimum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 24. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Oncidium altissimum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Oncidium altissimum. Published online. Accessed: 24 November 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Oncidium altissimum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 24.
Tropicos.org 2019. Oncidium altissimum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 24.

Vernacular names

English: Wydler's dancing-lady orchid

Oncidium altissimum, Wydler's dancing-lady orchid,[2] is a species of orchid native to the West Indies (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles), with an 18th-Century citation from Jamaica.[1][3]

This name should not be confused with the illegitimate homonym Oncidium altissimum Lindl. 1833, now considered a synonym of O. baueri native to South America.[4] The true Oncidium altissimum was first described in 1760 by Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin with the name Epidendrum altissimum, citing Jamaica as the origin of the specimen he was describing .[3] Olof Swartz later transferred the species to Oncidium in 1800.[5]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Oncidium altissimum (Jacq.) Sw.
"Oncidium altissimum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin. 1760. Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis 30.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Oncidium altissimum Lindl.
Swartz, Olof. 1800. Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 21: 240.