Stelis pusilla Kunth
First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 361 (1816)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Hispaniola, W. South America to Venezuela, SE. Brazil. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Bolivia, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru, Venezuela
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Apatostelis minuta (C.Schweinf.) Garay in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 27: 189 (1979)
- Stelis apiculata Lindl. in Fol. Orchid. 8: 11 (1859)
- Stelis callicentrum Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 52 (1917)
- Stelis chabreana Mansf. in Ark. Bot. 20A(15): 15 (1926)
- Stelis citrina Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 86 (1920)
- Stelis dazae Garay in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 27: 202 (1979 publ. 1980), replaced synonym ref. incomplete.
- Stelis elegantula Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 28 (1924)
- Stelis graminea Lindl. in Fol. Orchid. 8: 11 (1859)
- Stelis herbiola Lindl. in Fol. Orchid. 8: 10 (1859)
- Stelis lloensis Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 8: 53 (1921)
- Stelis megahybos Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 122 (1915)
- Stelis microphylla Lindl. in Fol. Orchid. 8: 10 (1859)
- Stelis minuta C.Schweinf. in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 10: 120 (1942)
- Stelis myriantha Lindl. in Fol. Orchid. 8: 10 (1859)
- Stelis polyclada Lindl. in Fol. Orchid. 8: 10 (1859)
- Stelis scandens Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 39 (1924), nom. illeg.
- Stelis tenuis Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 94 (1920)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- 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.
- Kolanowska, M. & Szlachetko, D.L. (2014). Orchids of the department of Valle del Cauca (Colombia) 3: 1-469. Koeltz Scientific Books.
- Luer, C.A. (2009). Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXX. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 115: 1-265. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Luer, C.A. (2018). The genus Stelis Sw. (Orchidaceae) in Bolivia. Selbyana 32(1,2): 1-164.
- Viveros, P. & Higgins, W.E. (2007). Checklist of Pleurothallidinae from Colombia. Selbyana 28: 13-90.
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
- Luer, C.A. (2009). Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXX. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 115: 1-265. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Manilal, K.S. & Kumar, C.S. (eds.) (2004). Orchid Memories A tribute to Gunnar Seidenfaden: 1-265. Mentor Books, Calicut.
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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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May 1, 1989 | n/a | K001449539 | Yes | ||
Feb 18, 1986 | n/a | K001449542 | Yes | ||
Sep 3, 1966 | n/a | K001449541 | Yes | ||
Jan 3, 1963 | n/a | K001449536 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1897 | Dodson, C.; Neill, D. [15516], Ecuador | K000364652 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1867 | Lojtnant, B.; Molau, U. [13828], Ecuador | K000364643 | Yes | ||
Dodson, C. [15516], Ecuador | K000364652 | No | |||
Holton, I.F. [193], Colombia | K000573946 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Lehmann, F.C. [3692], Colombia | K000573947 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Lehmann, F.C. [6039], Colombia | K000573948 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Lojtnant, B. [13828], Ecuador | K000364643 | No | |||
Ecuador | K001449526 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001449527 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001449528 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001449529 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001449530 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001449531 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001449532 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001449533 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001449534 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001449535 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001449537 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001449538 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001449540 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001449543 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001449544 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001449545 | Yes | |||
n/a | K001449546 | Yes | |||
Eckman, E.L. [5009], Haiti | Stelis chabreana | K000573900 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Spruce, R. [5398], Ecuador | Stelis graminea | K000201522 | Yes | ||
Spruce, R. [5395], Ecuador | Stelis graminea | K000201521 | Yes | ||
Aug 1, 1989 | Jameson, W. [712], Ecuador | Stelis apiculata | K000573886 | isotype | Yes |
Hodgson, I.G. [295], Ecuador | Stelis apiculata | 44610.000 | No | ||
Manning, S. [980768] | Stelis microphylla | 72156.000 | No | ||
Spruce, R. [5955], Ecuador | Stelis microphylla | K000201515 | Yes | ||
Spruce, R. [5955], Ecuador | Stelis microphylla | K000201516 | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0