Orchidaceae
Glomera

Glomera oligantha Schltr.

First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 46 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Papua New Guinea. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New Guinea

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.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 8, 1995 Kairo, A. [758] Papua New Guinea K000482498 Yes
Nov 8, 1995 Tari, J.o.h.n. [4910] Papua New Guinea K000482504 Yes
Nov 8, 1995 Reeve, T.M. [2684] Papua New Guinea K000482502 Yes
Nov 8, 1995 Leach, G.J. [56152] Papua New Guinea K000482500 Yes
Nov 8, 1995 Streimann, H.; Kairo, A. [45471] Papua New Guinea K000482499 Yes
Nov 8, 1995 Reeve, T.M. [5932] Papua New Guinea K000482503 Yes
Nov 8, 1995 Reeve, T.M. [1717] Papua New Guinea K000482501 Yes
Nov 8, 1995 Cruttwell, N.E.G. [1092] Papua New Guinea K000482497 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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