Orchidaceae

Octomeria R.Br.

First published in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 211 (1813)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

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.
  • 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?
Mar 1, 2009 Redden, K.M. et al. [2400], Guyana K000718118 No
Jan 1, 1994 Ganev, W. [1657], Bahia K000886068 Yes
Aug 1, 1992 Dusén, P.K.H. [9825], Paraná K000886061 Yes
Jul 1, 1991 Plowman, T. [12313], Amazonas K000886078 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Rodrigues, W.A. [10866], Amazonas K000886071 Yes
Oct 5, 1965 Glaziou, A.F.M. [17257], Rio de Janeiro K000886074 Yes
21146.000 No
Brazil 3027.000 No
Pereira, A. [1757], Bahia K000886069 Yes
Luer, C. [14541], Rio de Janeiro K000886062 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000886063 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000886064 Yes
Melo, E. [1240], Bahia K000886070 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000886065 Yes
Ganev, W. [265], Bahia K000886067 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil K000886075 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000886076 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil K000886066 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [3603], Brazil K000886072 Yes
s.coll. [194] K000886077 Yes
Rand, E.S. [277], Brazil K000886073 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