Dichaea pendula (Aubl.) Cogn. in Urb., Symb. Antill. 4: 182. 1903.

Bas.: Limodorum pendulum Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guyane Franc. 2: 819-821, pl. 322. 1775.

TYPE: French Guiana: “habitat in sylvis Comitatus de Gêne”, Aublet s.n. (no extant material; the illustration of vegetative parts on Hist. Pl. Guyane Franc. 2: plate 322, 1775, may be selected for lectotypification, but excluding flower details, which represent mixed collections).   

 

 

 

 

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Epidendrum echinocarpon Sw., Prodr. 124. 1788, nom. illeg.

Cymbidium echinocarpon (Sw.) Sw., Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Sc. Upsal. 6: 71. 1799., nom. illeg.

Dichaea echinocarpa (Sw.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl. 208. 1833, nom. illeg.

Pachyphyllum echinocarpon (Sw.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 731. 1826, nom. illeg.

TYPE: Jamaica. “Provenit ad latera saxorum arborumque inter muscos in umbrosis montium Jamaicae australis”, O. Swartz s.n. (type, W-Rchb Orch 25294).

Dichaea trachysepala Schltr., Repert. Sp. Nov. Regn Veg. Beih. 27. 181. 1924.

TYPE: Colombia. Cundinamarca: southwest of Bogotá, 2000 m, 1922, R. Schnitter s.n. (holotype, B, destroyed).

Dichaea echinocarpa var. lobata Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11(3): 7. 1943.

Dichaea lobata (Ames & Correll) L.O. Williams, Ceiba 1(3): 189. 1950.

TYPE: Costa Rica. San José: La Palma, about 1600 m, P.C. Standley 33120 (holotype, AMES).

Dichaea pendula var. swartzii C. Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 17(2): 161-162. 1955, nom. illeg.

Dichaea swartzii (C. Schweinf.) Garay & Sweet, J. Arnold Arbor. 53: 397-398. 1972, nom illeg.

TYPE: not designated.

ILLUSTRATIONS