Malaxis wercklei (Schltr.) Ames
First published in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 85 (1922)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica to W. Panama. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Costa Rica, Panamá
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Microstylis wercklei Schltr. in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 382 (1918)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Malaxis parthoni var. denticulata (Rchb.f.) Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf. in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 3: 40 (1934)
- Microstylis parthoni var. denticulata Rchb.f. in Beitr. Orchid.-K. C. Amer.: 100 (1866)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- 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
- Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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