Orchidaceae
Malaxis

Malaxis pandurata (Schltr.) Ames

First published in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 84 (1922)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Central America, Central Ecuador. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • 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.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Margonska, H.B. (2008). Malaxidinae index nominum - Microstylis (Nutt.) Eaton emend. Szlach. & Marg. (Orchidaceae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 109: 179-189. [Cited as Microstylis pandurata.]

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.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Margonska, H.B. (2008). Malaxidinae index nominum - Microstylis (Nutt.) Eaton emend. Szlach. & Marg. (Orchidaceae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 109: 179-189.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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

  • 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