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Prosthechea baculus (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins

This species name was first published in Phytologia 82: 376  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000283516.

Synonyms of Prosthechea baculus (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Anacheilium baculus (Rchb.f.) Withner & P.A.Harding Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums : 49 (2004) wfo-0000339372
Anacheilium confusum (Rolfe) Withner & P.A.Harding Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums : 72 (2004) wfo-0000339381
Prosthechea confusa (Rolfe) W.E.Higgins Selbyana 29: 214 (2009) wfo-0000914320
Encyclia baculus (Rchb.f.) Dressler & G.E.Pollard Phytologia 21: 436 (1971) wfo-0000948615
Encyclia pentotis (Rchb.f.) Dressler Brittonia 13: 265 (1961) wfo-0000948874
Epidendrum acuminatum Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 202 (1894) wfo-0000949331
Epidendrum baculus Rchb.f. Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 214 (1856) wfo-0000949530
Epidendrum beyrodtianum Schltr. Orchis 9: 49 (1915) wfo-0000949559
Epidendrum confusum Rolfe Orchid Rev. 7: 197 (1899) wfo-0000949853
Epidendrum fragrans var. megalanthum Lindl. J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 223 (1849) wfo-0000950162
Epidendrum pentotis Rchb.f. Linnaea 41: 81 (1876) wfo-0000951020