Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria hieronymi Kraenzl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 187 (1892)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) to N. Argentina. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Brazil South

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Baptista, J.A.N., Menini Neto, L. & Vale, A.A. (2012). Three new species, four new records and an updated checklist of Habenaria (Orchidaceae) from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Nordic Journal of Botany 30: 277-290.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Habenaria hexaptera.]
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden. [Cited as Habenaria hexaptera.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baptista, J.A.N., Menini Neto, L. & Vale, A.A. (2012). Three new species, four new records and an updated checklist of Habenaria (Orchidaceae) from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Nordic Journal of Botany 30: 277-290.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0