Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria diffusa A.Rich. & Galeotti

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 28 (1845)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico. It is a tuberous geophyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gonzáles Tamayo, J.R. & Hernández Hernández, L. (2010). Las Orquídeas del occidente de México 1: 1-303. Coecytjal.
  • Gonzélez Tamayo, R. & Cuevas Figueroa, X.M. (2006 publ. 2007). Algunas Habenarias del occidente de México, confundidas con Habenaria filifera S. Watson (Orchidaceae). Ibugana 14: 23-49.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Habenaria novemfida.]
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. [Cited as Habenaria novemfida.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gonzélez Tamayo, R. & Cuevas Figueroa, X.M. (2006 publ. 2007). Algunas Habenarias del occidente de México, confundidas con Habenaria filifera S. Watson (Orchidaceae). Ibugana 14: 23-49.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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

  • 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