Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.

Elleanthus C.Presl

This genus is accepted, and its native range is Mexico to Tropical America.

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Elleanthus C.Presl appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2009 Redden, K.M. et al. [2556], Guyana K000718153 No
Sep 1, 1987 Bureau v. h. Boswezen ( B.W.) [775], Suriname K000395960 No
Stannard, B.L. [L 4], Venezuela 26131.000 No
Taylor, P. [16302], Ecuador 41517.000 No
Taylor, P. [16291], Ecuador 41592.000 No
Taylor, P. [16384], Ecuador 41641.000 No
Taylor, P. [13243], Ecuador 41654.000 No
Fleming, V. [VF 22], Ecuador 61878.000 No
Plowman, T. [5645], Peru 61887.000 No
Spruce, R. [5395], Ecuador K000201488 Yes
Bureau v.h. Boswezen ( B.W.) [775], Suriname K000395956 No
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Peru K000201489 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Peru K000201490 Yes

First published in Reliq. Haenk. 1: 97 (1827)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

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