Aspasia variegata

Aspasia variegata is a species of orchid widespread across much of northern South America as well as Trinidad and the Amazonian region.[3][2] It also occurs at elevations from 200–1,300 metres (660–4,270 ft) in Bolivia.

Aspasia variegata
1836 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Aspasia
Species:
A. variegata
Binomial name
Aspasia variegata
Lindl. (1836)
Synonyms[2]
  • Odontoglossum variegatum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers (1864)
  • Aspasia interrupta Hoffmanns. (1844)
  • Aspasia liturata Link ex Rchb.f. (1855)
Aspasia variegata

Aspasia variegata is found in open forests both in dry and flooded lands, then often on branches of the trees hanging over the waters.[4]

References
  1. Lindley, John. 1836. Edwards's Botanical Register 22: t. 1907
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Freitas Luz, Francisco J. (2001). Orquídeas na Amazônia. Instituto Brasileiro de Cultura, Ed. On Line. ISBN 85-208-0208-7
  4. Miranda, Francisco (2006). Orquídeas da Amazônia Brasileira: 168 & 173 Ed. Expressão e Cultura, 1996. ISBN 85-208-0208-7


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