Brassavola tuberculata Hook.

Barberena, Felipe Fajardo Villela Antolin, Silva, Roberto da & Lopes, Rosana Conrado, 2022, Copacabana is more than a beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: the orchid flora of Parque Estadual da Chacrinha, Caldasia 44 (1), pp. 30-40 : 36

3. Brassavola tuberculata Hook. ,

Bot. Mag 56: t. 2878. 1829. Fig. 2d

Rupicolous herb. Leaf 1, sessile, apical; blade purple to dark green, immaculate, fleshy, cylindrical, conduplicate, linear, obscurely parallel-veined, apex acute. Inflorescence in raceme, terminal, 2-3-flowered, glabrous. Flowers resupinate, ecalcarate; sepals and petals white-yellowish to yellowish, immaculate; lip white, yellowish-green at the base, entire.

Distribution: Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil, in which occurs in the Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, Cerrado and Pampa domains (Govaerts et al. c2020, van den Berg c2020a).

Specimen examined: 31 Mar 2004 (fl), L.J.T. Cardoso & M. Moraes 135 ( RB) .

Figures

Figure 2. Parque Estadual da Chacrinha (PE Chacrinha) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: landscapes and species. a. Park entrance, b. Fragment of lowland dense ombrophilous forest, c. Rocky outcrop, d. Brassavola tuberculata Hook., e. Cyrtopodium flavum Link & Otto ex Rchb.f., f. Eltroplectris triloba (Lindl.) Pabst, g. Epidendrum secundum Jacq., h. Habenaria leptoceras Hook., i. Maxillaria subulata Lindl., j. Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl., k. Prescottia plantaginifolia Lindl. ex Hook., l. Trichocentrum pumilum (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams. Photos by Felipe Fajardo Villela Antolin Barberena (a-c, f, g-j, and l) and Roberto da Silva (d-e, and k).