Orchidaceae

Maxillaria Ruiz & Pav.

First published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr.: 116 (1794)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pac, 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 Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chase, M.W., Cameron, K.M., Freudenstein, J.V., Pridgeon, A.M., Salazar, G., van den Berg, C. & Schuiteman, A. (2015). An updated classification of Orchidaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 117: 151-174.
  • Christenson, E.A., Harding, P.A., McIllmurray, M. & Blanco, M. (2013). Maxillaria An Unfinished Monograph 1-2: 1-936. Patricia Ann Harding for Robert Christenson, Lebanon, OR.
  • 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?
Feb 28, 2011 Sparre, B. [16943], Ecuador K000718165 No
Mar 1, 2009 Redden, K.M. et al. [2396], Guyana K000718121 No
Dec 1, 2005 74291.000 No
Guyana 10365.000 No
10366.000 No
Guyana 10367.000 No
Guyana 10368.000 No
Guyana 10369.000 No
Guyana 10370.000 No
Guyana 12355.000 No
Panama 12469.000 No
12470.000 No
Guyana 12472.000 No
12473.000 No
Brazil 12474.000 No
13267.000 No
13270.000 No
13271.000 No
Guyana 13272.000 No
Panama 13274.000 No
Guyana 13275.000 No
13276.000 No
13278.000 No
13279.000 No
13280.000 No
Costa Rica 13281.000 No
13723.000 No
Guyana 13724.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2631], Costa Rica 13903.018 No
13949.000 No
Guyana 13950.000 No
Guyana 13951.000 No
Guyana 13952.000 No
Guyana 13953.000 No
13954.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2299], Peru 21969.012 No
23626.000 No
23993.000 No
Guyana 26030.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2764], Peru 27461.018 No
Mason, L.M. [2647], Costa Rica 27461.021 No
Mason, L.M. [1731], Peru 28527.000 No
Mason, L.M. [1722], Peru 28529.000 No
Mason, L.M. [1833], Peru 28682.000 No
31345.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2239], Costa Rica 31796.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2255], Costa Rica 31874.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2147] 31986.000 No
32033.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2281], Costa Rica 32342.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2484], Colombia 32704.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2670], Peru 32964.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2410], Colombia 32975.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2703], Peru 33079.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2708], Costa Rica 33081.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2712], Costa Rica 33154.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2741], Peru 34457.000 No
36129.000 No
Warrington, J., Guyana 36713.000 No
Philcox, D. [6284], Guyana 37471.000 No
Taylor, P. [16352], Ecuador 41547.000 No
Taylor, P. [16353], Ecuador 41557.000 No
Taylor, P. [16382], Ecuador 41565.000 No
Taylor, P. [13208], Panama 41596.000 No
Taylor, P. [13207], Panama 41597.000 No
Taylor, P. [13216], Panama 41607.000 No
Taylor, P. [16368], Ecuador 41634.000 No
Taylor, P. [16370], Ecuador 41636.000 No
Taylor, P. [16371], Ecuador 41637.000 No
Jenny, R. [VO-99], Costa Rica 42645.000 No
Hajek, F. [56], Peru 60177.000 No
Hajek, F. [57], Peru 60178.000 No
Hajek, F. [43], Peru 60179.000 No
Hajek, F. [48], Peru 60180.000 No
Ecuador 6213.000 No
Guyana 6214.000 No
8355.000 No
Guyana 8356.000 No
Panama 8357.000 No
8358.000 No
Sandwith, N.Y. [1282], Guyana 8359.000 No
Smart, J., Guyana 8360.000 No
8361.000 No
8362.000 No
Sandwith, N.Y. [606] 8363.000 No
Costa Rica 8364.000 No
71352.000 No
Laessoe, T. [H50891], Brazil 73113.000 No
Chase [20767] 73298.000 No
74117.000 No
64680.000 No
74174.000 No
64695.000 No
74552.000 No
64743.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [84150], Costa Rica 75450.000 No
Chase, M.W. [84158] 74835.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] 77996.000 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [20502], Rio de Janeiro K000886482 Yes
Chase, M.W.C. [82135] 75095.000 No
64749.000 No
Colombia 64766.000 No
74143.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [84202], Costa Rica 77180.000 No
Burchell [1394], Brazil K000940908 Yes
s.coll. [4], Brazil K000940907 Yes
Chase, M.W.C. [84137], Costa Rica 75509.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [84306], Costa Rica 75791.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [84117], Costa Rica 75476.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [84160], Costa Rica 75512.000 No
73409.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [85023], Costa Rica 74763.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [85003], Costa Rica 74762.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [83185], Costa Rica 75550.000 No
Hajek, F. [55], Peru Mormolyca 60182.000 No
Guyana Ornithidium 13777.000 No
Guyana Ornithidium 13778.000 No
Guyana Ornithidium 13779.000 No
Ornithidium 13780.000 No
Spedan-Lewis, J., Jamaica Ornithidium 14362.000 No
Guyana Ornithidium 14363.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2210], Costa Rica Ornithidium 31569.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2238], Costa Rica Ornithidium 31938.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2511], Colombia Ornithidium 32785.000 No
Dunsterville [586], Venezuela Ornithidium 7642.000 No
Spruce, R. [5393], Ecuador Camaridium K000201847 Yes
Mason, L.M. [2144], Peru Cryptocentrum 31479.000 No
Taylor, P. [16315], Ecuador Cryptocentrum 41524.000 No
Taylor, P. [13239], Panama Cryptocentrum 41628.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [84237], Costa Rica Cryptocentrum 77184.000 No

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 2022 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 2022 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