Phaius tetragonus

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Phaius tetragonus']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Phaius tetragonus'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Collabieae • Genus: Phaius • Species: Phaius tetragonus (Thouars) Rchb.f. (1855)

Synonyms
Basionym Epidendrum tetragonum Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 34 (1822) Homotypic synonyms Broughtonia tetragona (Thouars) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 734 (1826). Limodorum tetragonum (Thouars) A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 41 (1828). Pesomeria tetragona (Thouars) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 5 (1838).

Botanical illustrations

• 

  Phaius tetragonus
  (as syn.
  Epidendrum tetragonum)
  plate 33 in:
  A.A. Du Petit-Thouars:
  Histoire particulière
  des plantes Orchidées
  (1822)

• 

  Phaius tetragonus
  (as syn.
  Epidendrum tetragonum)
  plate 34 in:
  A.A. Du Petit-Thouars:
  Histoire particulière
  des plantes Orchidées
  (1822)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Africa Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Phaius tetragonus.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Phaius tetragonus