Acineta superba (Kunth) Rchb.f.
First published in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 609 (1863)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. & W. South America. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.
Distribution
Native to:
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Anguloa superba Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 343 (1816)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Acineta colmanii Anon. in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 35: 173 (1904)
- Acineta colossa Sander in Orchid Rev. 6: 287 (1898)
- Acineta fulva (Hook.) Klotzsch in Allg. Gartenzeitung 20: 146 (1852)
- Acineta humboldtii (Lindl.) Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 68 (1843)
- Acineta humboldtii var. fulva (Hook.) B.S.Williams in Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 7: 76 (1894)
- Acineta humboldtii var. schilleriana Rchb.f. in Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 218 (1855)
- Acineta humboldtii var. straminea B.S.Williams in Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 4: 1003 (1871)
- Acineta schilleriana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 609 (1863)
- Acineta superba var. chrysantha Rchb.f. ex Stein in Orchid.-Buch: 55 (1892)
- Acineta superba var. fulva (Hook.) Stein in Orchid.-Buch: 55 (1892)
- Acineta superba var. straminea (B.S.Williams) Stein in Orchid.-Buch: 55 (1892)
- Peristeria humboldtii Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29: t. 18 (1843)
- Peristeria humboldtii var. fulva Hook. in Bot. Mag. 71: t. 4156 (1845)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (2005). 225(2). Orchidaceae Genera Aa-Cyrtidiorchis. Flora of Ecuador 76: 1-347. Botanical Institute, University of Göteborg, Riksmuseum, Stockholm.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Jenny, R. (2008). Was ist Anguloa superba Kunth?. Die Orchidee. Hamburg-Othmarschen & Hamburg 59: 287-297.
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
- Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (2005). 225(2). Orchidaceae Genera Aa-Cyrtidiorchis. Flora of Ecuador 76: 1-347. Botanical Institute, University of Göteborg, Riksmuseum, Stockholm.
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
- 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.
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13533.000 | No | ||||
| 14263.000 | No | ||||
| 22626.000 | No | ||||
| 22627.000 | No | ||||
| Colombia | 6815.000 | No | |||
| Acineta humboldtii | 13531.000 | No | |||
| Acineta humboldtii | 13532.000 | No |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0