Orchidaceae

Platystele Schltr.

First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 565 (1910)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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.
  • Karremans, A. & al. (2016). Phylogenetic reassessment of Specklinia and its allied genera in the Pheurothallidinae (Orchidaceae). Phytotaxa 272: 1-36.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 1994 Hamilton, A.C. [1019], Peru K000453136 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Lehmann, F.C. [HK125], Colombia K000453142 Yes
Sep 1, 1993 Sandoval, E. [1320], El Salvador K000453103 Yes
Aug 1, 1992 Lehmann, F.C. [B.T.298], Colombia K000453140 Yes
Aug 1, 1992 Lehmann, F.C. [B.T.336], Colombia K000453141 Yes
Edwards, P.J. [KER 56], Guyana 40746.000 No
Young, E. [5], Colombia 44822.000 No
Zak, V. [1138], Ecuador K000453139 Yes
Chase, M.W. [84118], Costa Rica 75470.000 No
Chase, M.W. [83032] 76347.000 No
Donselaar, J. [2879], Suriname K000395955 No
Luer, C. [13709], Ecuador K000453137 Yes
Luer, C. [12479], Ecuador K000453130 Yes
Zak, V. [1138], Ecuador K000453138 Yes

Sources

  • 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 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 2023. 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