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

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?
Chase [21310] 73220.000 No
s.coll. [10596], Brazil K000940311 Yes
Miers, J. [s.n.], Brazil K000940310 Yes
s.coll. [11825], Brazil K000940312 Yes
Stelis tristyla 19581.000 No
Stelis tristyla 20667.000 No
Leppard, M.J. [436], Brazil Stelis tristyla 37510.000 No
s.coll. [1], Brazil Stelis tristyla K000940332 Yes
Stelis megantha 20650.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Stelis megantha K000940318 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Stelis megantha K000940319 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Stelis megantha K000940317 Yes
Stelis muscifera 18596.000 No
Fendler, A. [1460], Venezuela Stelis muscifera K000573939 Unknown type material Yes
Broadway, W.E. [9886], Trinidad & Tobago Stelis muscifera K000573898 Unknown type material Yes
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 Yes

Sources

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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