Macradenia lutescens

Macradenia lutescens is a species of epiphytic orchid known by the common name longgland orchid.[2] It is native to South America (Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas), the West Indies (Trinidad, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Bahamas), and southern Florida (Miami-Dade County).[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Macradenia lutescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Macradenia
Species:
M. lutescens
Binomial name
Macradenia lutescens
R.Br.
Synonyms[1]
  • Macradenia triandra Lindl.
  • Rhynchadenia cubensis A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra
  • Macradenia surinamensis Rchb.f. & Wullschl. in W.G.Walpers

See also
  • List of Orchidaceae genera

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Macradenia lutescens". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  3. Flora of North America, v 26 p 647, Macradenia lutescens R. Brown, Bot. Reg. 8: plate 612. 1822.
  4. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  5. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  6. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  7. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  8. Ibisch, P. L. 1996. Neotropische Epiphytendiversitat–das Beispiel Bolivien. Arch. Naturwiss. Diss. 1: 1–357.
  9. 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
  10. Dodson, C.H. & D. E. Bennett. 1989. Orchids of Peru. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum Series II. Fascicle 1–2: 1–200.


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