Caucaea kunthiana H.Medina, J.Portilla & Hirtz
, Orchids (West Palm Beach) 88(11): 871 (2019).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77204498-1
- Publication
- Orchids. Magazine of the American Orchid Society. West Palm Beach, Florida.
- Collation
- 88(11): 871
- Date of Publication
- Nov 2019 publ 29 Oct 2019
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Orchidaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- H.Medina 0292
- Locality
- Azuay: the upper part of the road leading from Soldados to Chaucha, 3400m
- Collection Date
- Jan 2017
- Type Herbaria
- holotype HA
- Latitude
- 2° 53' 49" N
- Longitude
- 79° 19' 40" W
- Distribution Of Types
- Ecuador (Western South America, Southern America)
- Type Remarks
- Flowered in cultivation at Ecuagenera, Gualaceo
Remarks
Named after the Leipzig-born German botanist Carlos Segismundo Kunth, Professor of Botany at the University of Berlin and Director of the Botanical Garden, who classified the plants brought back from the Americas by Humboldt and Bonpland.