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, Caroline Is., 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

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?
Nov 1, 1994 Hamilton, A.C. [1019], Peru K000453136 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Lehmann, F.C. [HK125], Colombia K000453142 Yes
Sep 1, 1993 Sandoval, E. [1320], El Salvador K000453103 Yes
Aug 1, 1992 Lehmann, F.C. [B.T.298], Colombia K000453140 Yes
Aug 1, 1992 Lehmann, F.C. [B.T.336], Colombia K000453141 Yes
Edwards, P.J. [KER 56], Guyana 40746.000 No
Young, E. [5], Colombia 44822.000 No
Zak, V. [1138], Ecuador K000453139 Yes
Chase, M.W. [84118], Costa Rica 75470.000 No
Chase, M.W. [83032] 76347.000 No
Donselaar, J. [2879], Suriname K000395955 No
Luer, C. [13709], Ecuador K000453137 Yes
Luer, C. [12479], Ecuador K000453130 Yes
Zak, V. [1138], Ecuador K000453138 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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 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 2023. 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images