Orchidaceae

Stanhopea J.Frost ex Hook.

First published in Bot. Mag. 56: t. 2948 (1829)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to S. Tropical America and Trinidad.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Recorded in error in:

Argentina Northwest

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. 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, 1962 Linden [1] Peru K000588922 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 1962 K000588920 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 1962 K000588921 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-18748.000 No
Hodgson, I. [248] Ecuador K:SPC-50036.000 No
K000463008 Unknown Type Material Yes
K000364340 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brazil K:SPC-22815.000 No
K000364336 Unknown Type Material Yes
K000588919 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lankester, C. Costa Rica K:SPC-40956.000 No
K:SPC-64220.000 No
Lecoufle, M. Costa Rica K:SPC-45805.000 No
K:SPC-29047.297 No
K000588918 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fenton, P. K:SPC-63687.000 No
Lehmann [249] K000078950 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-67750.000 No
K:SPC-22255.000 No
Mason, L.M. [1708] Peru K:SPC-28989.000 No
K:SPC-18744.000 No
K:SPC-18750.000 No
Lehmann [792 & 793] Colombia K000078944 Yes
K:SPC-14418.000 No
K:SPC-14576.000 No

Sources

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images