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December 2023

Warning: older classification

genus

Prosthechea Knowles & Westc.

This genus name was first published in Fl. Cab. 2: 111 (1838)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000031243.

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Synonyms of Prosthechea

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Anacheilium	Hoffmanns.	Linnaea 16(Litt.): 229 (1842)	wfo-4000001804
Epicladium	Small	Fl. Miami : 56 (1913)	wfo-4000013578
Euchile	(Dressler & G.E.Pollard) Withner	Cattleyas & Relatives 5: 137 (1998)	wfo-4000014104
Hormidium	Lindl. ex Heynh.	Nom. Bot. Hort. : 880 (1841)	wfo-4000018279
Panarica	Withner & P.A.Harding	Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums : 207 (2004)	wfo-4000027847
Pollardia	Withner & P.A.Harding	Cattleyas & Relatives: Debatable Epidendrums : 217 (2004)	wfo-4000030656
Pseudencyclia	Chiron & V.P.Castro	Richardiana 4: 31 (2003)	wfo-4000031368
Epithecia	Knowles & Westc.	Fl. Cab. 2: 167 (1838)	wfo-4100003145

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Prosthechea:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Prosthechea alagoense	(Pabst) W.E.Higgins	Phytologia 82: 376. 1998 [1997 publ. 1998] 1998		wfo-0001350059
Prosthechea bidentata	W.E.Higgins	1997	—	wfo-0001253245
Prosthechea calamarium	(Lindl.) W.E.Higgins	Phytologia 82: 377. 1998 [1997 publ. 1998] 1998		wfo-0001350118
Prosthechea chondylobolbon	(A.Rich. & Galeotti) W.E.Higgins	Phytologia 82: 377. 1998 [1997 publ. 1998] 1998		wfo-0001349012
Prosthechea cochleata f. albidoflava	(P.M.Br.) P.M.Br.	N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 5(1): 18. 1999		wfo-0001323554
Prosthechea grisebachiana	(Cogn.) W.E.Higgins	Phytologia 82: 378. 1998 [1997 publ. 1998] 1998		wfo-0001349411