Orchidaceae
Specklinia

Specklinia corniculata (Sw.) Mutel

First published in Mém. Soc. Roy. Centr. Agric. Dépt. N. 1835-1836: 84 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central America to N. South America, Cuba to Haiti. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bogarín, D., Serracín, Z., Samudio, Z., Rincón, R. & Pupulin, F. (2014). An updated checklist of the Orchidaceae of Panama. Lankesteriana 14: 135-364.

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 Pleurothallis alpestris.]

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. (2006). Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXVIII. A reconsideration of Masdevallia, systematics of Specklinia and vegetatively similar taxa (Orchidaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 105: 1-281. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Lehmann, F.C. [s.n.] Colombia K001461159 Yes
Colombia K001461159 Yes
n/a K001461160 Yes
Jun 1, 2000 Wright, C. [657] Cuba Pleurothallis corniculata K000584117 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Wright, C. [1501] Cuba Pleurothallis corniculata K000584099 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Morris, D. [2403] Jamaica Pleurothallis corniculata K000584109 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1998 Wright, C. [1501] Cuba Pleurothallis corniculata K000079812 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica Pleurothallis corniculata K000584110 Type Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1224] Guyana Pleurothallis corniculata K:SPC-21380.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica Pleurothallis corniculata K000584108 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wright, C. [657] Cuba Pleurothallis corniculata K000584100 Isotype Yes
Jun 1, 2000 Wright, C [657] Cuba Pleurothallis nubigena K000079841 Holotype Yes
Pleurothallis barboselloides K:SPC-18686.000 No
McLeish, I.; Adams, B.R. [B.11] Belize Pleurothallis barboselloides K:SPC-40370.000 No
Costa Rica Pleurothallis barboselloides K:SPC-44171.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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