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Eulophia alta

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Genome
Scientific Literature
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID64403abfa1853183449080
Scientific name Eulophia alta
Authority Fawc. & Rendle
First published in Fl. Jamaica 1: 112 (1910)

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Limodorum altum L. Syst. Nat. ed. 12 , 2: 594 (1767)
Lissochilus amazonicus Barb.Rodr. Gen. Sp. Orchid. i. 89.
Maxillaria longifolia Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. : 150 (1832)
Paphiopedilum epidendricum Pfitzer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 42 (1894)
Platypus altus Small Fl. S.E. U.S., ed. 2 329. 1913
Platypus papilliferus Small & Nash Fl. S.E. U.S. : 329 (1903)
Xylobium longifolium Lindl. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 733 (1826)
Eulophia longifolia var. flavescens Schltr. Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secç. Bot. 1(4): 62 (1922)
Bletia alta Hitchc. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 132 (1893)
Eulophia alta f. flavescens (Schltr.) F.Barros Orchid Memories : 20 (2004)
Cyrtopera longifolia var. amazonica Cogn. Fl. Bras. 3(5): 355 (1901)
Eulophia longifolia var. amazonica (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. Fl. Brasílica 12(6): 4 (1942)
Cyrtopera longifolia var. pachystelidia Rchb.f. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 734 (1852)
Eulophia alta var. pachystelidia (Rchb.f.) G.A.Romero Vanishing Beauty, Native Costa Rican Orchids 1: 318 (2005)
Cyrtopera woodfordii var. pachystelidia Rchb.f. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 734 (1852)
Cypripedium epidendricum Vell. Fl. Flumin. Icon. 9: t. 64. 1831 [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831]
Cyrtopera alta (L.) Stehlé Bull. Agric. Martinique 8: 155 (1939)
Cyrtopera amazonica Barb.Rodr. Gen. Sp. Orchid. ii. 180.
Cyrtopera longifolia (Kunth) Rchb.f. Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 668 (1863)
Cyrtopera vellosiana Barb.Rodr. Gen. Sp. Orchid. ii. 179.
Cyrtopera woodfordii Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 189. 1833 [Jan 1833]
Cyrtopodium woodfordii Sims Bot. Mag. 43: t. 1814 (1816)
Dendrobium longifolium Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 360 (1816)
Eulophia alta var. alba L.C.Menezes Bol. CAOB 33: 70 (1998)
Eulophia alta f. pallida P.M.Br. North Amer. Native Orchid J. 1(2): 132 (1995).
Eulophia alta f. pelchatii P.M.Br. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 4: 46 (1998)
Eulophia longifolia Schltr. Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht. : 347 (1914)
Eulophia woodfordii Rolfe Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 68 (1897)
Govenia barbata Poepp. & Endl. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Poeppig & Endlicher) ii. 5.
Cyrtopera amazonica (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 180 (1882)
Cyrtopera woodfordii (Sims) Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. : 189 (1833)
Platypus altus (L.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S. , ed. 2: 329 (1913)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Gabon
      • Zaïre
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
      • Georgia
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Central American Pacific
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000959647
Florida Plant Atlas 2891
USDA Plants EUAL6
Tropicos 23515145
INPN 629702
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:99292-2
The Plant List kew-77378
Open Tree Of Life 167360
NCBI Taxonomy 577041
Nature Serve 2.157112
IPNI 99292-2
iNaturalist 162776
GBIF 5311790
Freebase /m/065ypvf
EPPO CDYWO
EOL 1101879
Wikipedia Eulophia_alta

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Floral Nectar Chemistry in Orchids: A Short Review and Meta-Analysis Brzosko E, Mirski P Plants (Basel) 27-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8620889
doi:10.3390/plants10112315
PMID:34834677
In Vitro Symbiotic Germination: A Revitalized Heuristic Approach for Orchid Species Conservation Pujasatria GC, Miura C, Kaminaka H Plants (Basel) 09-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7763479
doi:10.3390/plants9121742
PMID:33317200
Amarkand: A comprehensive review on its ethnopharmacology, nutritional aspects, and taxonomy Narkhede AN, Kasote DM, Kuvalekar AA, Harsulkar AM, Jagtap SD J Intercult Ethnopharmacol 30-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4835997
doi:10.5455/jice.20160324054420
PMID:27104043
ContentSnapshots N/A Ann Bot 01-Oct-2009
PMCID:PMC2749548
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp247
Pollination biology of Eulophia alta (Orchidaceae) in Amazonia: effects of pollinator composition on reproductive success in different populations Jürgens A, Bosch SR, Webber AC, Witt T, Frame D, Gottsberger G Ann Bot 08-Aug-2009
PMCID:PMC2749546
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp191
PMID:19666899
Linnaean sources and concepts of orchids Jarvis C, Cribb P Ann Bot 30-Jan-2009
PMCID:PMC2720649
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp005
PMID:19182221

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