Stelis aurea (Lindl.) Karremans
First published in Lankesteriana 13: 328 (2014)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. South America to NW. & N. Venezuela. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Humboltia aurea (Lindl.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 667 (1891)
- Pleurothallis aurea Lindl. in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12: 397 (1843)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Anathallis acuminata (Kunth) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase in Lindleyana 16: 247 (2001)
- Anathallis brittonii (Rolfe) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase in Lindleyana 16: 248 (2001)
- Anathallis racemosa Barb.Rodr. in Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 24 (1877)
- Dendrobium acuminatum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 357 (1816)
- Humboltia acuminata (Kunth) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 667 (1891)
- Pleurothallis acuminata (Kunth) Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 70 (1842)
- Pleurothallis angustipetala C.Schweinf. in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 16: 45 (1953)
- Pleurothallis brittonii Rolfe in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 449 (1907)
- Pleurothallis nigrohirsuta Kraenzl. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 1: 91 (1905)
- Pleurothallis ochroleuca Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 108 (1920)
- Pleurothallis racemosa (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(4): 554 (1896), nom. illeg.
- Pleurothallis racemosa var. minor Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(4): 555 (1896)
- Pleurothallis tenuifolia C.Schweinf. in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 15: 102 (1951)
- Specklinia acuminata (Kunth) Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1797 (1835)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Karremans, A.P. (2019). To be, or not to be a Stelis. Lankesteriana 19: 281-343.
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215. [Cited as Anathallis acuminata.]
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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? |
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Dunsterville, GCK [367], Venezuela | Pleurothallis racemosa | 34902.000 | No | ||
Mason, L.M. [2036], Peru | Pleurothallis tenuifolia | 30685.000 | No | ||
s.coll. [s.n.] | Anathallis acuminata | 77606.000 | No | ||
Jul 1, 1994 | Bang, M. [1818], Bolivia | Pleurothallis acuminata | K000584171 | Yes | |
Pleurothallis aurea | 26542.000 | No | |||
Linden [634], Venezuela | Pleurothallis aurea | K000334396 | holotype | No |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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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