Orchidaceae
Maxillaria

Maxillaria crassifolia (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

First published in Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 16 (1854)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Florida, S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2005 K:SPC-74179.000 No
Jan 1, 1986 Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [1926] Suriname K000395971 No
K:SPC-74253.000 No
Dames, F.M. Venezuela K:SPC-32918.000 No
Alex D.Hawkes [s.n.] K000970125 No
Kubitzki, K.; Ramos, J.F.; Ongley, J.C. [P21719] Brazil K000940853 Yes
Venezuela, Panama K001456884 Yes
Guyana Maxillaria sessilis K:SPC-32661.000 No
Guyana Maxillaria sessilis K:SPC-34988.000 No
Maxillaria sessilis K:SPC-08344.000 No
Jamaica Maxillaria sessilis K:SPC-08343.000 No
Sep 13, 2006 Spruce [1764] Brazil Heterotaxis crassifolia K000941339 Yes
Sep 5, 2006 Jamaica Heterotaxis crassifolia K000463078 Type Yes
Sep 5, 2006 Wright, C. [638] Cuba Heterotaxis crassifolia K000463077 Unknown Type Material 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

    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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