Orchidaceae
Maxillaria

Maxillaria cucullata Lindl.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 12 (1840)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Harding, P. & Fonseca, J. (2007). Finca las Nubes: dos especies nuevas registradas para Guatemala. Orquideología 25: 93-96.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 28, 1990 Henchman [s.n.] Mexico K000463094 Type Yes
Adams, B.R. [279] Belize K:SPC-42382.000 No
K:SPC-71023.000 No
K:SPC-10349.000 No
K:SPC-12430.000 No
Chase, M.W. [84474] K:SPC-74371.000 No
K:SPC-73372.000 No
K:SPC-10343.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [83142] Costa Rica K:SPC-75693.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-77330.000 No
K:SPC-64744.000 No
Booth [s.n.] Mexico K000463095 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-77632.000 No
Davies, K.L. [KLD 200603 (Davies 2018-2)] Camaridium cucullatum K:SPC-78888.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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