Malaxis carnosa (Kunth) C.Schweinf.
First published in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 10: 32 (1941)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America, Peru. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Stelis carnosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 361 (1816)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Dienia calycina Lindl. in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 23 (1830)
- Malaxis calycina (Lindl.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673 (1891)
- Malaxis gracilis (Ridl.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673 (1891)
- Malaxis monticola (Schltr.) Ames in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 84 (1922), nom. illeg.
- Microstylis calycina (Lindl.) Ridl. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 331 (1888)
- Microstylis gracilis Ridl. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 321 (1888)
- Microstylis microtoides Schltr. in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 381 (1918)
- Microstylis monticola Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 17 (1906)
- Serapias parisitica Pavone ex Ridl. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 331 (1888)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Bogarín, D., Serracín, Z., Samudio, Z., Rincón, R. & Pupulin, F. (2014). An updated checklist of the Orchidaceae of Panama. Lankesteriana 14: 135-364.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Bogarín, D., Serracín, Z., Samudio, Z., Rincón, R. & Pupulin, F. (2014). An updated checklist of the Orchidaceae of Panama. Lankesteriana 14: 135-364.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0