Orchidaceae
Brassavola

Brassavola nodosa (L.) Lindl.

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 114 (1831)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Venezuala and SW. & S. Caribbean. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Aruba, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Noguera-Savelli, E. & Cetzal-Ix, W. (2014). Revisión e integración del conocimiento de las Orchidaceae de Tabasco, México. Botanical Sciences 92: 519-540.
  • Noguera-Savelli, E. (2010). Revisión del género Brassavola R.Br. (Orchidaceae) para Venezuela. Ernstia 20: 169-192.
  • Noguera-Savelli, E. (2020). Systematics of the neotropical genus Brassavola (Orchidaceae). Caldasia 42: 188-219.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl. 114 (1831).

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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
  • Noguera-Savelli, E. (2020). Systematics of the neotropical genus Brassavola (Orchidaceae). Caldasia 42: 188-219.

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1971 Powell, C.W. [25] Panama K001461934 Yes
Jan 31, 1964 n/a K001461929 Yes
Jul 1, 1898 n/a K001461972 Yes
Dec 1, 1891 n/a K001461930 Yes
Jan 1, 1854 n/a K001461973 Yes
K:SPC-22521.000 No
K:SPC-22522.000 No
Moore, F.W. [s.n.] K001461967 Yes
Venezuela K:SPC-19679.000 No
K:SPC-19684.000 No
K:SPC-22523.000 No
Belize K:SPC-34807.000 No
K:SPC-19683.000 No
K:SPC-23089.000 No
n/a K001461917 Yes
n/a K001461918 Yes
n/a K001461919 Yes
n/a K001461928 Yes
n/a K001461931 Yes
n/a K001461932 Yes
n/a K001461933 Yes
Powell, C.W. [25], Panama K001461934 Yes
n/a K001461935 Yes
n/a K001461936 Yes
n/a K001461937 Yes
n/a K001461938 Yes
n/a K001461947 Yes
n/a K001461960 Yes
n/a K001461961 Yes
n/a K001461962 Yes
n/a K001461963 Yes
n/a K001461964 Yes
n/a K001461965 Yes
n/a K001461966 Yes
n/a K001461967 Yes
n/a K001461968 Yes
n/a K001461969 Yes
n/a K001461970 Yes
n/a K001461971 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 2024. 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

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0