Stelis fruticulus Schltr.

First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 88 (1920)
This name is a synonym of Stelis truncata

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Stelis purpurea.]
  • Luer, C.A. (2009). Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXX. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 115: 1-265. Missouri Botanical Garden. [Cited as Stelis truncata.]
  • Luer, C.A. (2018). The genus Stelis Sw. (Orchidaceae) in Bolivia. Selbyana 32(1,2): 1-164. [Cited as Stelis truncata.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Stelis fruticulus.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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