Orchidaceae

Platystele Schltr.

First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 565 (1910)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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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.
  • Karremans, A. & al. (2016). Phylogenetic reassessment of Specklinia and its allied genera in the Pheurothallidinae (Orchidaceae). Phytotaxa 272: 1-36.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 1998 Wright, C. [1506] Cuba K000364140 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 1994 Hamilton, A.C.; Holligan, P.M. [1019] Peru K000453136 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Lehmann, F.C. [HK125] Colombia K000453142 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 1993 Sandoval, E.; Rivera, H. [1320] El Salvador K000453103 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1992 Lehmann, F.C. [B.T.298] Colombia K000453140 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1992 Lehmann, F.C. [B.T.336] Colombia K000453141 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1990 Lehmann, F.C. [3115] Colombia K000453120 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1990 Pennell, F.W.; Killip, E.P. [7320] Colombia K000453132 Unknown Type Material Yes
Manning [931108] Mexico K:SPC-61347.000 No
Luer, C.; Hirtz, A. [13709] Ecuador K000453137 Unknown Type Material Yes
Luer, C.; Luer, J.; Hirtz, A. [12479] Ecuador K000453130 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hermans, J. [2493] Costa Rica K:SPC-57757.000 No
Young, E. [5] Colombia K:SPC-44822.000 No
K:SPC-58378.000 No
Donselaar, J. [2879] Suriname K000395955 Yes
Edwards, P.J. [KER 56] Guyana K:SPC-40746.000 No
Zak, V. [1138] Ecuador K000453139 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zak, V. [1138] Ecuador K000453138 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ecuador K:SPC-57865.000 No
Chase, M.W. [83032] K:SPC-76347.000 No
Adams, B. Belize K:SPC-52212.000 No
Chase, M.W. [84118] Costa Rica K:SPC-75470.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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