World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Rhaphidorhynchus macrostachys (Thouars) Finet, M�m. Soc. Bot. France 9: 43 (1907).

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Beclardia macrostachya (Thouars) A.Rich., M�m. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 70 (1828).
Family:	Orchidaceae
* Epidendrum macrostachyum Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 83 (1822). Aerides macrostachyon (Thouars) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 719 (1826). Beclardia macrostachya (Thouars) A.Rich., M�m. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 70 (1828). Oeonia macrostachya (Thouars) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 245 (1833). Aeranthes macrostachya (Thouars) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 900 (1864). Epidorkis macrostachya (Thouars) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 659 (1891), nom. superfl. * Basionym/Replaced Synonym
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts