Maxillaria desvauxiana

Maxillaria desvauxiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Tribe:	Maxillarieae
Genus:	Mapinguari
Species:	M. desvauxianus
Binomial name
	Mapinguari desvauxianus; (Rchb.f.) Carnevali & R.Singer
Synonyms
	Maxillaria coriacea Barb.Rodr.; Maxillaria petiolaris A.Rich.; Maxillaria huebneri Schltr.; Maxillaria verrucifera C.Schweinf.; Maxillaria desvauxiana Rchb.f.;

Mapinguari desvauxianus is a species of orchid native to tropical South America. It is known from French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.^[1]

Mapinguari desvauxianus was long known by the name Maxillaria desvauxiana Rchb.f. Recent molecular studies have found Maxillaria as it has long been viewed to be an unnatural hodgepodge composed of groups not closely related to each other. Hence it has been proposed that the genus should be split into several genera, proposals that have been gaining acceptance.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Blanco, M.A. et al. 2007. Generic realignments in Maxillarinae (Orchidaceae). Lankasteriana 7(3):515-537
^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

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[o-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Blanco, M.A. et al. 2007. Generic realignments in Maxillarinae (Orchidaceae). Lankasteriana 7(3):515-537

[3] Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

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