Orchidaceae
Pleurothallis

Pleurothallis quadrifida (Lex.) Lindl.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1797 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to N. Venezuela, Greater Antilles. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Karremans, A.P. (2019). To be, or not to be a Stelis. Lankesteriana 19: 281-343.

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?
K:SPC-36024.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [14866] Nicaragua K:SPC-70909.000 No
K:SPC-64085.000 No
Perkins [368] K:SPC-37551.000 No
Mexico K:SPC-57868.000 No
Fendler, A. [1462] Venezuela Stelis quadrifida K001450714 Yes
Loddiges, G. [s.n.] Jamaica Stelis quadrifida K000820785 Holotype Yes
Ekman, E.L. [6343] Dominican Republic Stelis quadrifida K001382010 Isoneotype Yes
Venezuela Stelis quadrifida K001450713 Yes
Fendler, A. [1462], Venezuela Stelis quadrifida K001450714 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • 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