Orchidaceae
Stelis

Stelis chiapensis Solano

First published in Orquidea (Mexico City), n.s., 13: 23 (1993)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Guatemala. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Guatemala, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

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.
  • Solano Gómez, R., G. A. Salazar Chávez, R. Jiménez Machorro, G. E. Hágsater & G. Cruz García (2020). Actualización del catálogo de autoridades taxonómicas de Orchidaceae de México Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Oaxaca. Base de datos SNIB-CONABIO, Proyecto No. KT005. Ciudad de México.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Luer, C.A. (2009). Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXX. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 115: 1-265. Missouri Botanical Garden. [Cited as Stelis purpurascens.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Solano Gómez, R., G. A. Salazar Chávez, R. Jiménez Machorro, G. E. Hágsater & G. Cruz García (2020). Actualización del catálogo de autoridades taxonómicas de Orchidaceae de México Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Oaxaca. Base de datos SNIB-CONABIO, Proyecto No. KT005. Ciudad de México.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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