Orchidaceae
Stelis

Stelis kefersteiniana (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase

First published in Lindleyana 17: 99 (2002)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. South America to N. Venezuela. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Karremans, A.P. (2019). To be, or not to be a Stelis. Lankesteriana 19: 281-343.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Pleurothallis flexuosa.]

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

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
  • 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?
n/a K001450627 Yes
n/a K001450628 Yes
Luer, C.; Luer, J.; Hirtz, A.; Flores, W.; Embree, A. [11865], Ecuador K001450629 Yes
n/a K001450630 Yes
n/a K001450631 Yes
Pleurothallis flexuosa 28744.000 No
Dunsterville, G.C.K. [120], Venezuela Pleurothallis flexuosa 34243.000 No
Venezuela Pleurothallis flexuosa 5763.000 No
Peru Pleurothallis flexuosa 5764.000 No
Chase [17571] Pleurothallis flexuosa 72045.000 No
Pleurothallis elachopus 21385.000 No
Pleurothallis elachopus 21386.000 No
Brazil Pleurothallis elachopus 3016.000 No
Brazil Pleurothallis elachopus 539.000 No
Pleurothallis elachopus 9595.000 No

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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