Orchidaceae
Encyclia

Encyclia mapuerae (Huber) Brade & Pabst

First published in Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 13: 116 (1951)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia to French Guiana and W. Brazil. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte or geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bastos, C.A., Meneguzzo, T.E.C. & van den Berg, C. (2015). Taxonomic notes on Brazilian Encyclia (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae). Phytotaxa 218(1): 77-83.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Encyclia tarumana.]

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

  • Bastos, C.A., Meneguzzo, T.E.C. & van den Berg, C. (2018). A taxonomic revision of the Brazilian species of Encyclia (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Epidendreae). Phytotaxa 342: 1-84.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (ed.) (2016). Orchids of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana) 1: 1-461. Koeltz Botanical Books.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • 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?
Jan 1, 1979 Prance, G.T. [17915], Amazonas Encyclia tarumana K000878419 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Prance, G.T. [6026], Rondônia Encyclia tarumana K000878418 Yes
Prance, G.T. [6019], Rondônia Encyclia tarumana K000878420 Yes
Dellome, J. [52], Amazonas Encyclia tarumana K000878414 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 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