Orchidaceae
Stelis

Stelis superbiens Lindl.

First published in Fol. Orchid. 8: 8 (1859)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Chiapas) to Venezuela and Bolivia. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bogarín, D., Serracín, Z., Samudio, Z., Rincón, R. & Pupulin, F. (2014). An updated checklist of the Orchidaceae of Panama. Lankesteriana 14: 135-364.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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

  • GBIF (2008- continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Luer, C.A. (2018). The genus Stelis Sw. (Orchidaceae) in Bolivia. Selbyana 32(1,2): 1-164.

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?
May 16, 1939 n/a K001449554 Yes
Lankester, C.H. [H 1357a], Costa Rica 18589.000 No
18590.000 No
19577.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] 76575.000 No
Luer, C.; Luer, J.; Hirtz, A. [12701], Ecuador K001449555 Yes
n/a K001449556 Yes
n/a K001449557 Yes
n/a K001449558 Yes
n/a K001449559 Yes
Lankester [s.n.], Costa Rica Stelis cascajalensis K000463241 Yes
Lankester [s.n.], Costa Rica Stelis cascajalensis K000463240 Yes
Dec 1, 1926 Lankester [93], Costa Rica Stelis leucopogon K000463239 Yes
Costa Rica Stelis leucopogon 19579.000 No
Stelis leucopogon 20651.000 No
Costa Rica Stelis leucopogon 21480.000 No
Taylor, P. [41], Panama Stelis leucopogon 39654.000 No
Lankester, C.H., Costa Rica Stelis leucopogon 9698.000 No
Chase [16968] Stelis leucopogon 72044.000 No
Lankester [s.n.], Costa Rica Stelis leucopogon K000463237 Unknown type material Yes
Costa Rica Stelis leucopogon K000463238 Yes
Beck, G. [3177], Bolivia Stelis leucopogon K001449479 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