Brassia Caudata

Brassia caudata
	1824 illustration from Botanical Register
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Brassia
Species:	B. caudata
Binomial name
	Brassia caudata; ( L.) Lindl. (1825)
Synonyms
	Epidendrum caudatum L. (1759) ( basionym); Malaxis caudata (L.) Willd. (1805); Oncidium caudatum (L.) Rchb.f. (1863); Brassia caudata var. hieroglyptica Rchb.f. (1881); Brassia lewisii Rolfe (1893); Brassia longissima var. minor Schltr. (1922);

Brassia caudata is a species of orchid. It is found widespread across the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere, reported from southern Mexico ( Chiapas, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz), Central America, southern Florida, Greater Antilles, Trinidad, northern South America.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] It is also known by the common names tailed Brassia, spider orchid and cricket orchid.

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Carnevali F., G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Jiménez-Machorro, L. Sánchez-Saldaña, L. Ibarra-González, I. M. Ramírez & M. P. Gómez. 2001. Notes on the flora of the Yucatan Peninsula II: a synopsis of the orchid flora of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula and a tentative checklist of the Orchidaceae of the Yucatan Peninsula biotic province. Harvard Papers in Botany 5(2): 383–466.
^ Schweinfurth, C. 1961. Orchidaceae, Orchids of Peru. Fieldiana: Botany 30(4): 787–1005
^ Hamer, F. 1988. Orchids of Central America. Selbyana 10(Suppl.): 1–430.
^ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
^ Dodson, C.H. & D. E. Bennett. 1989. Orchids of Peru. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum Series II. Fascicle 1–2: 1–200.

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