Orchidaceae
Maxillaria

Maxillaria alba (Hook.) Lindl.

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 143 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. [Cited as Maxillariella alba.]
  • Pessoa, E., de Barros, F. & Alves, M. (2015). Orchidaceae from Viruá National Park, Roraima, Brazilian Amazon. Phytotaxa 192: 61-96. [Cited as Maxillariella alba.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Sambin, A. & Ravet, E. (2021). Les orchidées de Guyane: 1-672. Biotope, éditions.

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.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • 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?
Sep 18, 2006 Linden, I. [1469] Venezuela K000799445 Type Yes
Sep 5, 2006 Kappler, A. [s.n.] Suriname K000079961 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 1, 2000 Schunke, J.V. [4732] Peru K001455903 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Smith, H.H. [2493] Colombia K001455901 Yes
May 1, 1987 Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [2970] Suriname K000395970 No
K000079317 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000463079 Unknown Type Material Yes
K000079575 Unknown Type Material Yes
Powell, C.W. [127] Panama K001455895 Yes
K:SPC-10339.000 No
Wright, C. [1484] Cuba K000463081 Unknown Type Material Yes
Adams, B. [K 60] Belize K:SPC-49074.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-65302.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000463080 Unknown Type Material Yes
Trinidad and Tobago K000079576 Unknown Type Material Yes
Panama K:SPC-12407.000 No
Guyana K:SPC-10341.000 No
K000079574 Unknown Type Material Yes
United Kingdom K:SPC-10340.000 No
K:SPC-74124.000 No
n/a K001455894 Yes
n/a K001455895 Yes
n/a K001455896 Yes
n/a K001455897 Yes
n/a K001455898 Yes
n/a K001455899 Yes
Colombia, Peru K001455900 Yes
Colombia, Peru K001455901 Yes
Colombia, Peru K001455902 Yes
Colombia, Peru K001455903 Yes
Plowman, T.; Davidse, G.; Rosa, N.A.; Rosário, C.S.; Santos, M.R. [8722] Brazil Maxillariella alba K000941342 Yes

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

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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