Pelexia Poit. ex Lindl.
Distribution
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
China Southeast, Jawa, Samoa, Sri Lanka
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Collea Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 9: t. 760 (1823), nom. rej.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Adnula Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 87 (1837)
- Glottisarcon Szlach. & Kolan. in Mater. Orchid Fl. Colombia 2: 312 (2019)
- Pachygenium (Schltr.) Szlach., R.González & Rutk. in Polish Bot. J. 46: 3 (2001)
Accepted Species
- Pelexia adnata (Sw.) Poit. ex Rich.
- Pelexia asinus Szlach.
- Pelexia callifera (C.Schweinf.) Garay
- Pelexia caucae Schltr.
- Pelexia colombiana Szlach. & Kolan.
- Pelexia cundinamarcae Szlach.
- Pelexia funckiana (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Schltr.
- Pelexia hamata Schltr.
- Pelexia haughtii Szlach. & Kolan.
- Pelexia hirta (Lindl.) Schltr.
- Pelexia laxa (Poepp. & Endl.) Lindl.
- Pelexia leucosticta (Rchb.f.) Garay & Dunst.
- Pelexia maculata Rolfe
- Pelexia olivacea Rolfe
- Pelexia orobanchoides (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
- Pelexia palmorchidis Szlach.
- Pelexia sinuosa Szlach.
- Pelexia weberbaueri (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
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. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermans [5276], Peru | 71640.000 | No | |||
| Hermans [6558] | 71641.000 | No | |||
| Hanburn [270] | 74061.000 | No | |||
| Wood [9301], Bolivia | 74069.000 | No | |||
| 74084.000 | No | ||||
| 74087.000 | No | ||||
| Spruce, R. [s.n.], Peru | K000201462 | Yes | |||
| Spruce, R. [s.n.] | K000201461 | Yes | |||
| Chase, M.W.C. [83301], Mexico | 74869.000 | No |
Sources
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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