Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus:
Epidendrum L.

Epidendrum purpurascens Focke

This species is accepted, and its native range is Costa Rica, S. Tropical America.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 200 - 950 m.; Andes, Orinoquia.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, epífita
Conservation
No Evaluada

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Orinoquia. Elevation range: 200–950 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Arauca, Santander.
Habit
Herb, Epiphyte.
Conservation
Listed in Appendix II of CITES.

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Epidendrum purpurascens Focke appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2009 Redden, K.M. et al. [4566], Guyana K000718132 No
Aug 21, 2006 Perry, R. 74470.000 No
Jan 1, 1991 Daly, D.C. [1745], Pará K000878157 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Berg, C.C. [574], Pará K000878063 Yes
Lankester [3], Costa Rica 37662.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.], Suriname 66897.000 No
Epidendrum clavatum 18350.000 No
Costa Rica Epidendrum clavatum 18351.000 No
Epidendrum clavatum 19704.000 No
Epidendrum clavatum 20162.000 No
Costa Rica Epidendrum clavatum 21503.000 No

First published in Tijdschr. Natuurk. Wetensch. Kunsten 4: 64 (1851)

Accepted by

  • Bogarín, D. (2011). How many orchid species in Costa Rica? A review of the latest discoveries Lankesteriana 11: 185-205.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Pessoa, E., de Barros, F. & Alves, M. (2015). Orchidaceae from Viruá National Park, Roraima, Brazilian Amazon Phytotaxa 192: 61-96.

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bogarín, D. (2011). How many orchid species in Costa Rica? A review of the latest discoveries Lankesteriana 11: 185-205.
  • Sambin, A. & Ravet, E. (2021). Les orchidées de Guyane: 1-672. Biotope, éditions.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • CITES (2021). Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0