Orchidaceae
Stelis

Stelis truncata Lindl.

First published in Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 353 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. South America. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Luer, C.A. (2009). Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXX. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 115: 1-265. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Luer, C.A. (2018). The genus Stelis Sw. (Orchidaceae) in Bolivia. Selbyana 32(1,2): 1-164.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Stelis purpurea.]

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Luer, C.A. (2009). Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXX. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 115: 1-265. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Luer, C.A. (2018). The genus Stelis Sw. (Orchidaceae) in Bolivia. Selbyana 32(1,2): 1-164.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • CITES (2021). Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 6, 2009 Colombia K000573932 No
Feb 6, 2009 Colombia K000573933 No
Feb 6, 2009 Ecuador K000573943 No
Feb 5, 2009 Colombia K000573931 No
Jan 30, 2009 Bolivia K000573877 No
Mathews [s.n.], Peru K001449572 Yes
Peru K001449573 Yes
Peru K001449574 Yes
Peru K001449575 Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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