Platystele ovalifolia (H.Focke) Garay & Dunst.
First published in Venez. Orchids Ill. 2: 268 (1961)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cuba, Central America to Trinidad and N. Brazil. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Brazil North, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Pleurothallis ovalifolia (H.Focke) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 188 (1861)
- Stelis ovalifolia H.Focke in Tijdschr. Natuurk. Wetensch. Kunsten 2: 202 (1849)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Pleurothallis rhomboglossa Rchb.f. in Flora 48: 276 (1865)
- Pleurothallis vaginulata Griseb. in Cat. Pl. Cub.: 259 (1866), nom. nud.
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.
- Bogarín, D., Serracín, Z., Samudio, Z., Rincón, R. & Pupulin, F. (2014). An updated checklist of the Orchidaceae of Panama. Lankesteriana 14: 135-364.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- 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.
- Koch, A.K., Moreira dos Santos, J.U. & Ilkiu-Borges, A.L. (2014). Sinopse das Orchidaceae holoepífitas e hemiepífitas da floresta nacional de Caxiuanã, PA, Brasil. Hoehnea 41: 129-148.
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.
- Bogarín, D., Serracín, Z., Samudio, Z., Rincón, R. & Pupulin, F. (2014). An updated checklist of the Orchidaceae of Panama. Lankesteriana 14: 135-364.
- 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.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- 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? |
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Aug 1, 1997 | Sandoval, E. [1628], El Salvador | K000453088 | Yes | ||
Aug 1, 1990 | Bartlett, A.W. [8395], Guyana | K000453089 | Yes | ||
Aug 1, 1990 | Sandwith, N.Y. [1122], Guyana | K000453091 | Yes | ||
Aug 1, 1990 | Bartlett, A.W. [8323], Guyana | K000453090 | Yes | ||
Venezuela | 27366.000 | No | |||
Thurn, E.F. [36], Guyana | K000453092 | holotype | Yes | ||
Guyana | K000453093 | Yes | |||
Sandwith, N.Y. [1750] | Pleurothallis ovalifolia | 9615.000 | No | ||
Sandwith, N.Y., Guyana | Pleurothallis ovalifolia | 9616.000 | No | ||
Wright, C. [1506], Cuba | Pleurothallis ovalifolia | K000584084 | isotype | Yes | |
Wright, C. [1506], Cuba | Pleurothallis ovalifolia | K000584083 | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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
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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
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0