Homalopetalum Rolfe
First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 25: t. 2461 (1896)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.
Distribution
Native to:
Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Pinelia Lindl. in Fol. Orchid. 4: 1 (1853), non Pinellia (1839)
- Pinelianthe Rauschert in Feddes Repert. 94: 465 (1983)
Accepted Species
- Homalopetalum alticola (Garay & Dunst.) Soto Arenas
- Homalopetalum hypoleptum (Lindl.) Soto Arenas
- Homalopetalum joinvillense Mancinelli & E.C.Smidt
- Homalopetalum kienastii (Rchb.f.) Withner
- Homalopetalum leochilus (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas
- Homalopetalum pachyphyllum (L.O.Williams) Dressler
- Homalopetalum pumilio (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
- Homalopetalum pumilum (Ames) Dressler
- Homalopetalum vomeriforme (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle
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.
- 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:
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