Orchidaceae
Encyclia

Encyclia alata (Bateman) Schltr.

First published in Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 207 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Central America. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • 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.
  • Pupulin, F. & Bogarín, D. (2012). A taxonomic revision of Encyclia (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae) in Costa Rica. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 168: 395-448.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pupulin, F. & Bogarín, D. (2012). A taxonomic revision of Encyclia (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae) in Costa Rica. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 168: 395-448.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Leakey, C. [47] K:SPC-35327.000 No
K:SPC-52216.000 No
K:SPC-19267.000 No
Leakey, C. [47] K:SPC-34931.000 No
Skinner [s.n.] Guatemala K000079607 Type Yes
Costa Rica K:SPC-20230.000 No
s.coll. [t. 3898] K000079606 Type Yes
Hartweg [s.n.] Guatemala K000079650 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-23136.000 No
Sampson, H.C. Belize K:SPC-23134.000 No
Costa Rica K:SPC-23135.000 No
K:SPC-20231.000 No
s.coll. [696] Guatemala Epidendrum longipetalum K000079649 Unknown Type Material 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/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images