Orchidaceae
Brassavola
Brassavola nodosa

Brassavola nodosa var. nodosa

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is E. & SE. Mexico to Venezuala and SW. & S. Caribbean. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Aruba, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
  • Noguera-Savelli, E. (2020). Systematics of the neotropical genus Brassavola (Orchidaceae). Caldasia 42: 188-219.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1971 [Illegible] [s. coll] Brassavola nodosa var. grandiflora K001461935 Yes
Jul 1, 1891 Moore, J.W. [s. coll] Brassavola venosa K001461937 Yes
Aug 1, 1890 Veitch, J. [s. coll] Brassavola venosa K001461936 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brassavola venosa K000079768 Type Yes
Sampson, H.C. Belize Brassavola venosa K:SPC-22529.000 No
Nov 1, 2014 s.col. [s.n.] Mexico Brassavola grandiflora K001461921 Yes
Nov 1, 2014 Rolfe, R.A. [s.n.] Mexico Brassavola grandiflora K001461923 Yes
Nov 1, 2014 Fendler, A. [437] Panama Brassavola grandiflora K001461922 Yes
Nov 1, 2014 Hills, H.G. [88043] Mexico Brassavola grandiflora K001461926 Yes
Nov 1, 2014 Fosberg, F.R.; Spellman, D.L. [54428] Belize Brassavola grandiflora K001461927 Yes
Nov 1, 2014 Matuda, E. [16739] Mexico Brassavola grandiflora K001461924 Yes
Nov 1, 2014 Matuda, E. [3879] Mexico Brassavola grandiflora K001461925 Yes
Aug 9, 1987 n/a Brassavola grandiflora K001461926 Yes
Sinclair [s.n.] Ecuador Brassavola grandiflora K000079766 Unknown Type Material Yes
Appleby [s.n.] Brassavola grandiflora K000079765 Unknown Type Material Yes
Strangeways [s.n.] Ecuador Brassavola grandiflora K000079767 Unknown Type Material Yes
n/a Brassavola grandiflora K001461921 Yes
n/a Brassavola grandiflora K001461922 Yes
n/a Brassavola grandiflora K001461923 Yes
Matuda, E. [16739], Mexico Brassavola grandiflora K001461924 Yes
n/a Brassavola grandiflora K001461925 Yes
n/a Brassavola grandiflora K001461927 Yes

Sources

  • 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/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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