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.