- Family:
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Acineta Lindl.
Acineta superba (Kunth) Rchb.f.

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1800–2353 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Norte de Santander.
- Habit
- Herb, Epiphyte.
- Conservation
- Listed in Appendix II of CITES.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: savanna, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- calavera, calaveras
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 1800 - 2000 m.; Andes, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba, epífita
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
Native to:
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Acineta superba (Kunth) Rchb.f. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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13533.000 | No | ||||
14263.000 | No | ||||
22626.000 | No | ||||
22627.000 | No | ||||
Colombia | 6815.000 | No | |||
Acineta humboldtii | 13531.000 | No | |||
Acineta humboldtii | 13532.000 | No |
First published in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 609 (1863)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (2005). 225(2). Orchidaceae Genera Aa-Cyrtidiorchis Flora of Ecuador 76: 1-347. Botanical Institute, University of Göteborg, Riksmuseum, Stockholm.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Jenny, R. (2008). Was ist Anguloa superba Kunth? Die Orchidee. Hamburg-Othmarschen & Hamburg 59: 287-297.
Literature
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (2005). 225(2). Orchidaceae Genera Aa-Cyrtidiorchis Flora of Ecuador 76: 1-347. Botanical Institute, University of Göteborg, Riksmuseum, Stockholm.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- CITES (2021). Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 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 Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
ColPlantA database
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
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