Lepanthes orion Luer & R.Escobar

First published in Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 54: 316 (1985)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Colombia to E. Central Ecuador, Peru (Cusco). It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Classification

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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.
  • Luer, C.A. & Thoerle, L. (2012). Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXXII. Lepanthes of Colombia (Orchidaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 123: 1-300. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Ocupa-Horna, L. & al. (2023). A revised checklist of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) from PEru, including new country records. Brittonia 75: 159-179. New York Botanical Garden.
  • Viveros, P. & Higgins, W.E. (2007). Checklist of Pleurothallidinae from Colombia. Selbyana 28: 13-90.

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

  • Luer, C.A. & Thoerle, L. (2012). Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXXII. Lepanthes of Colombia (Orchidaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 123: 1-300. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Ocupa-Horna, L. & al. (2023). A revised checklist of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) from PEru, including new country records. Brittonia 75: 159-179. New York Botanical Garden.

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?
Colombia, Ecuador K001450211 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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  • 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.
  • 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
  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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