Orchidaceae

Lepanthes Sw.

First published in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 6: 85 (1799)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Accepted Species

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.
  • Luer, C.A. (2009). Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXX. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 115: 1-265. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1991 Salazar Chavez, G.A.; Soto, M.A; Yañez, E. [46993] Mexico K000584368 Isotype Yes
Colombia K:SPC-56869.000 No
Mexico K:SPC-39268.000 No
K:SPC-21345.000 No
Luer, C.; Luer, J.; Vásquez, R.; Solomon, J.; Mulder, T.; Mulder, D.; Vogel, A. [12927] Bolivia K000584338 Type Yes
Cribb, P. Mexico K:SPC-56401.000 No
Ecuador K:SPC-31460.000 No
Venezuela K:SPC-60136.000 No
Rodriguez, G. Costa Rica K:SPC-62218.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [84492] Costa Rica K:SPC-75697.000 No
Podzorski, A.C. Jamaica K:SPC-40751.000 No
Luer, C.; Luer, J.; Hirtz, A.; Dodson, C.H.; Benzing, D.; Bermudes, D. [12429] Ecuador K000584341 Isotype Yes
Luer, C.; Luer, J.; Hirtz, A.; Dodson, C.H.; Benzing, D.; Bermudes, D. [12429] Ecuador K000584344 Isotype Yes
Luer, C.; Luer, J.; Hirtz, A.; Dodson, C.H.; Benzing, D.; Bermudes, D. [12429] Ecuador K000584343 Type Yes
Luer, C.; Luer, J.; Hirtz, A.; Dodson, C.H.; Benzing, D.; Bermudes, D. [12429] Ecuador K000584342 Isotype Yes
Dressler, R.L. [115] Panama K:SPC-37170.000 No
Chase, M.W. [83304] Mexico K:SPC-76380.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [84120] Costa Rica K:SPC-75477.000 No
Puerto Rico K:SPC-60851.000 No
Young, E. [43] Puerto Rico K:SPC-46250.000 No
K:SPC-56892.000 No
Hermans, J. [2318] Costa Rica K:SPC-57719.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [84726] Venezuela K:SPC-74715.000 No
Venezuela K:SPC-21346.000 No
K:SPC-58466.000 No
Hermans, J. [2903] Colombia K:SPC-57744.000 No
Fiske, M.D. Ecuador K:SPC-36141.000 No
Taylor, P. [16304] Ecuador K:SPC-41519.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [85043] Costa Rica K:SPC-75537.000 No
Luer, C.; Hirtz, A.; Flores, W., Andreetta, A.; Teague, W. [13331] Ecuador K000584326 Isotype Yes
Chase, M.W. [84721] K:SPC-77198.000 No
Hirtz, A.; Hirtz, X.; Baumann, K.H. [4666] Ecuador K000584348 Isotype Yes
K:SPC-09582.000 No
Taylor, P. [73] Panama K:SPC-37109.000 No
Ecuador K:SPC-61769.000 No
Phillips, B. Dominican Republic K:SPC-44558.000 No
Luer, C.; Luer, J.; Hirtz, A. [12656] Ecuador K000584316 Type Yes
Ecuador K:SPC-61845.000 No
Costa Rica K:SPC-18725.000 No
Jenney, R. [VO 270] Costa Rica K:SPC-42631.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [84307] Costa Rica K:SPC-75159.000 No
Costa Rica K:SPC-58661.000 No
Jenny, R. [VO 224] Costa Rica K:SPC-45335.000 No
Costa Rica K:SPC-24919.000 No
Taylor, P. [16367] Ecuador K:SPC-41633.000 No
Hajek, F. [54] Peru K:SPC-60183.000 No
Costa Rica K:SPC-57860.000 No
Costa Rica K:SPC-24966.000 No
Jenny, R. [V0-173] Costa Rica K:SPC-41799.000 No
K:SPC-00533.000 No
Costa Rica K:SPC-60818.000 No
Costa Rica K:SPC-24917.000 No
K:SPC-18724.000 No
Costa Rica K:SPC-23970.000 No
Taylor, P. [16273] Ecuador K:SPC-41571.000 No
Costa Rica K:SPC-56954.000 No
Taylor, P. [13210] Panama K:SPC-41612.000 No
Colombia K:SPC-60849.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [84309] Costa Rica K:SPC-75161.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [84538] Costa Rica K:SPC-75801.000 No
Chase, M.W. [83303] Mexico K:SPC-76377.000 No
Chase, M.W. [84023] K:SPC-77202.000 No
K:SPC-20518.000 No
K:SPC-21347.000 No
Grubb, P.J. [775] Colombia K:SPC-23964.000 No
Jenny, R. [VO-222] Costa Rica K:SPC-42630.000 No
K:SPC-27086.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [84411] Costa Rica K:SPC-75454.000 No
Chase, M.W. [83305] Mexico K:SPC-76375.000 No
Taylor, P. [16317] Ecuador K:SPC-41526.000 No
Bolivia K:SPC-56915.000 No
Guatemala K:SPC-60141.000 No
Podzorski, A. [26] Jamaica K:SPC-38532.000 No
Stannard, B.; Nic Lughadha, E.; Queiroz, R.F. [H51155] Brazil K:SPC-58894.000 No
Colombia K:SPC-58365.000 No
Hermans, J.&C. [2247] Costa Rica K:SPC-58258.000 Isotype No
Mexico K:SPC-60850.000 No
Ecuador K:SPC-62055.000 No
Venezuela K:SPC-56930.000 No
Mandon, G. [1133] Bolivia K000584332 Type Yes
Chase, M.W.C. [84491] Costa Rica K:SPC-75670.000 No

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • 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.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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