Tolumnia gundlachii (C.Wright ex Griseb.) N.H.Williams & Ackerman (2007:857)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Oncidium gundlachii C.Wright ex Griseb. in Cat. Pl. Cub.: 266 (1866); Antillanorchis gundlachii (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Garay in Bradea 1: 423 (1974); Rodrigueziopsis antillensis Withner in Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 40: 876 (1971)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (Williams et al., 2007)
Distribution & Habitat
Dominican Republic, Hispaniola
The Cuban record is likely in error (Mújica & González, 2015:262-263; POWO, 2025).
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Grisebach, A. H. R. (1866). Catalogus Plantarum Cubensium. Lipsiae, Germany. 301 pp.
Other references:
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro and Strong, Mark T. (2012). Catalogue of Seed Plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: xxv + 1192 pages, 3 maps, 4 tables.
Ackerman, J. D. (2014). The orchid flora of the Greater Antilles. New York: The New York Botanical Garden Press.
Garay, L. A. and Staey, J. E. (1974). Synopsis of the genus Oncidium. Bradea 1: 393-424.
Govaerts, R. H. A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Kränzlin, F. W. L. (1922). Oncidiinae. In: Engler, H. G. A. Die Natürlichen Pflanzen-familien. Heft 80.
León, F. (1946). Flora de Cuba. Havana; León, F. & H. Alain, 1951–1957. Flora de Cuba. Havana.
Mújica, Ernesto and González, Elaine. (2015). A new checklist of orchid species from Cuba. Lankesteriana 15(3): 219-269. https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v15i3.22613
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 5 May 2025]
Sauget y Barbier, S. J. (1946). Flora de Cuba, Vol. 1: Gimnospermas, Monocotiledoneas. Contrib. Ocac. Mus. Hist. Nat. Col. La Salle 8. Vedado, La Habana.
Williams, Norris H., Ackerman, James D., Fernández, Eladio M. and Llamacho, Juan. (2007). The rediscovery and systematic position of Antillanorchis. Orchids 76: 856-858.
Withner, C. L. (1971). Rodriqueziopsis antillensis, a new miniature from the Dominican Republic. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 40: 874-876.