× ''Brassidium'', abbreviated in trade journals Brsdm, is an artificial
intergeneric hybrid
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between the orchid genera ''
Brassia
''Brassia'' is a genus of orchids classified in the subtribe Oncidiinae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America, with one species (''B. caudata'') extending into Florida.
The genus was named after ...
'' and ''
Oncidium
''Oncidium'', abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that, , contains about 340 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family Orchidaceae. It is distributed across tropical and subtropical America from ...
'' (Brs x Onc).
[ When ''Cochlioda'' and ''Odontoglossum'' are sunk into ''Oncidium'', × ''Maclellanara'' (Mclna.), × ''Odontobrassia'' (Odbrs.) and × ''Sanderara'' (Sand.) are ]synonyms
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.
Taxonomy
The nothogenus name × ''Brassidium'' was first published in 1948 in the ''Orchid Review'', for hybrids between ''Brassia'' and ''Oncidium''. The first such hybrid was between ''Brassia brachiata'' (a synonym of '' Brassia verrucosa'') and '' Oncidium anthocrene''. It was named ''Brassidium'' Coronet,[ and was registered by O. Kirsch.][
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Synonymous nothogenera
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History
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sank ''Cochlioda'' and ''Odontoglossum'' within ''Oncidium''.[ Some other nothogenera then have the same parent genera as × ''Brassidium'':
*× ''Maclellanara'', originally ''Brassia'' × ''Odontoglossum'' × ''Oncidium'',][ becomes ''Brassia'' × ''Oncidium''.
:For example, the grex name × ''Maclellanara'' Big Lake is a synonym of × ''Brassidium'' Big Lake, which is the triple hybrid '' Brassia verrucosa'' × ('' Oncidium hallii'' × '' Oncidium maculatum''), where ''Oncidium hallii'' was previously treated as ''Odontoglossum hallii''.
*× ''Odontobrassia'', originally ''Brassia'' × ''Odontoglossum'',][ becomes ''Brassia'' × ''Oncidium''.
:For example, the grex name × ''Odontobrassia'' Caricosa is a synonym of × ''Brassidium'' Caricosa, which is the hybrid '' Brassia verrucosa'' × '' Oncidium cariniferum'', where ''Oncidium cariniferum'' was previously treated as ''Odontoglossum cariniferum''.
*× ''Sanderara'', originally ''Brassia'' × ''Cochlioda'' × ''Odontoglossum'',][ becomes ''Brassia'' × ''Oncidium''.
:For example, the grex name × ''Sanderara'' Alpha is a synonym of × ''Brassidium'' Alpha. Its parents include '' Oncidium noezlianum'' and '' Oncidium nobile'',]
References
Orchid nothogenera
Oncidiinae
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