Orchidaceae
Bifrenaria

Bifrenaria tetragona (Lindl.) Schltr.

First published in Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 413 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. & S. Brazil. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil South, Brazil Southeast

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Castro Neot, V.P. & Campacci, M.A. (2000). Plates 001-100. Icones Orchidacearum Brasilienses 1: 1-100.
  • Chiron, G.R. (2014). Contribution à l'inventaire de la flore d'Orchidaceae d'Espírito Santo (Brésil).2a. Richardiana 14: 213-218.
  • Koehler, S. & do Camaro Estanislau do Amaral, M. (2004). A taxonomic study of the South American genus Bifrenaria Lindl. (Orchidaceae). Brittonia 56: 314-345.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Cydoniorchis tetragona.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Cydoniorchis tetragona.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Koehler, S. & do Camaro Estanislau do Amaral, M. (2004). A taxonomic study of the South American genus Bifrenaria Lindl. (Orchidaceae). Brittonia 56: 314-345.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K000847112 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000847106 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000847113 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000847107 Yes
Moore, F.W. [s.n.] K000847116 Yes
Brazil K:SPC-50008.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000847105 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000847111 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000847115 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000847109 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000847114 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000847110 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000847108 Yes
Mason, L.M. [2767] Brazil Bifrenaria tetragona var. umbrophila K:SPC-34445.000 No
Mson, L.M. [1893] Brazil Lycaste tetragona K:SPC-29251.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images