Orchidaceae
Stelis

Stelis grandiflora Lindl.

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

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

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.
  • Luer, C.A. (2018). The genus Stelis Sw. (Orchidaceae) in Bolivia. Selbyana 32(1,2): 1-164.

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

  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Luer, C.A. (2009). Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXX. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 115: 1-265. 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [11825] Brazil K000940312 Yes
Miers, J. [s.n.] Brazil K000940310 Yes
s.coll. [10596] Brazil K000940311 Yes
Stelis tristyla K:SPC-19581.000 No
s.coll. [1] Brazil Stelis tristyla K000940332 Yes
Leppard, M.J. [436] Brazil Stelis tristyla K:SPC-37510.000 No
Stelis tristyla K:SPC-20667.000 No
Jan 1, 2019 Broadway, W.E. [9886] Trinidad and Tobago Stelis trinitatis K001382021 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Stelis megantha K000940319 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Stelis megantha K000940318 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Stelis megantha K000940317 Yes
Stelis megantha K:SPC-20650.000 No
Dunsterville, G.C.K. [696B] Venezuela Stelis muscifera K001449494 Yes
Fendler, A. [1460] Venezuela Stelis muscifera K000573939 Type Yes
Broadway, W.E. [9886] Trinidad and Tobago Stelis muscifera K000573898 Type Yes
Stelis muscifera K:SPC-18596.000 No
Dunsterville, G.C.K. [696B], Venezuela Stelis muscifera K001449494 Yes
Venezuela Stelis muscifera K001449495 Yes
Venezuela Stelis muscifera K001449496 Yes
Venezuela Stelis muscifera K001449497 Yes
Venezuela Stelis muscifera K001449498 Yes
Venezuela Stelis muscifera K001449499 Yes
Bang, M. [458] Bolivia Stelis bangii K000573884 Unknown Type Material 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

    • '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/

  • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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