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June 2025

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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.

Statistics

Synonyms of Prosthechea

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link