Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria subfiliformis Cogn.

First published in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 43: 272 (1906 publ. 1907)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. South America to Paraguay. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, French Guiana, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Batista, J.A.N., de Bem Bianchetti, L., González-Tamayo, R., Figueroa, X.M.C. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). A synopsis of New World Habenaria (Orchidaceae) II. Harvard Papers in Botany 16: 233-273.
  • Feuillet, C. (2009). Checklist of the plants of the Guiana shield 1. An update to the Angiosperms. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3: 799-814.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sambin, A. & Ravet, E. (2021). Les orchidées de Guyane: 1-672. Biotope, éditions.
  • Schinini, A. (2010). Orquídeas nativas del Paraguay. Rojasiana 9: 1-316.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Batista, J.A.N., de Bem Bianchetti, L., González-Tamayo, R., Figueroa, X.M.C. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). A synopsis of New World Habenaria (Orchidaceae) II. Harvard Papers in Botany 16: 233-273.
  • Holland Baptista, D., Docha Neto, A. & Antonio Campacci, M. (2005-2013). Personal communication on Orchidaceae 2 CAOB, São Paulo.
  • Sambin, A. & Ravet, E. (2021). Les orchidées de Guyane: 1-672. Biotope, éditions.
  • Schinini, A. (2010). Orquídeas nativas del Paraguay. Rojasiana 9: 1-316.

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