Mapinguari Carnevali & R.B.Singer
, Lankesteriana 7(3): 525 (2007).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60448155-2
- Publication
- Lankesteriana : la revista cientifica del Jardin Botanico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica
- Collation
- 7(3): 525
- Date of Publication
- Dec 2007
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Orchidaceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- M. longipetiolatus (Ames & C. Schweinf.) Carnevali & R. B. Singer(Maxillaria longipetiolata Ames & C. Schweinf.)
Remarks
Etymology: Named after the Mapinguarí, a legendary and elusive creature of Brazilian-Amazonian mythology, in allusion to the brownish, cryptic flowers. (vide authors) Gender: Having no botanical tradition, the authors treated this generic name as masculine (cf., Vienna Code Art. 62.3).