Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani

Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani is a species of orchid endemic to eastern and southern Brazil.^[1]

Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Gomesa
Species:	G. imperatoris-maximiliani
Binomial name
Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
Synonyms[1]
Anettea crispa (G.Lodd. ex Lindl.) Szlach. & Mytnik Anettea imperatoris-maximiliani (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Mytnik Brasilidium crispum (G.Lodd. ex Lindl.) Campacci Brasilidium imperatoris-maximiliani (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kolan. Oncidium crispum G.Lodd. ex Lindl. Oncidium imperatoris-maximiliani Rchb.f.

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Oncidium crispum by John Lindley in 1833 with the name attributed to George Loddiges. Independently, in 1866, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach described Oncidium imperatoris-maximiliani.^[1] The two were later synonymized and in 2009 transferred to the genus Gomesa along with other South American Oncidium species. As the name Gomesa crispa was already occupied, the newer epithet imperatoris-maximiliani was used.^[2]