Ponthieva racemosa, commonly called the hairy shadow witch or racemose ponthieva, is a species of orchid found from the southeastern United States (from Texas to Virginia), Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and northern South America as far south as Bolivia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of North America, v 26 p 548, Ponthieva racemosa (Walter) C. Mohr, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 6: 460. 1901. Biota of North America Program, county distribution map, Ponthieva racemosaDressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Cat. Vasc. Pl. Ecuador, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. LouisCorrea A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, PanamáSchlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1923. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, Beihefte 19: 84.Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav. 1866. Beitrage zu einer Orchideenkunde Central-Amerika's 63.
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