<p>SUBGENUS Brassavola SECTION Cuneilabia
</p><p>Distribution: Mexico to Trop. America
79 MXE MXG MXS MXT 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ARU CAY JAM NLA PUE SWC 82 FRG GUY VEN 83 CLM
</p><p>Found in
Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Southern America Caribbean Aruba, Cayman Is., Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Western South America Colombia
</p><p>Homotypic Synonyms:
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<ul><li>Epidendrum nodosum L., Sp. Pl.: 953 (1753).</li></ul><p>Cymbidium nodosum (L.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 73 (1799).
Bletia nodosa (L.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 437 (1862).
Javieria nodosa (L.) Archila, Chiron &amp; Szlach., Richardiana 14: 100 (2013).
(* Basionym/Replaced Synonym)
</p><p>Heterotypic Synonyms:
Brassavola rhopalorrhachis Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 855 (1852).
Bletia rhopalorrhachis (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 437 (1862).
Brassavola nodosa var. rhopalorrhachis Schltr., Orchis 13: 77 (1919).
Brassavola scaposa Schltr., Orchis 13: 77 (1919).
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Javieria rhopalorrhachis (Rchb.f.) Archila, Chiron &amp; Szlach., Richardiana 14: 100 (2013).
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