Orchidaceae
Maxillaria

Maxillaria variabilis Bateman ex Lindl.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1986 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to NW. Venezuela. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, 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.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Noguera-Savelli, E. & Cetzal-Ix, W. (2014). Revisión e integración del conocimiento de las Orchidaceae de Tabasco, México. Botanical Sciences 92: 519-540. [Cited as Maxillariella variabilis.]

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?
Oct 2, 1990 s.coll. [s.n.] K000463071 Type Yes
Oct 2, 1990 illegible [s.n.] Mexico K000079324 Type Yes
Chase, M.W. [83261] Mexico K:SPC-75245.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2052] Costa Rica K:SPC-30655.000 No
Mexico K000079319 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lankester, C.H. Costa Rica K:SPC-13265.000 No
Mexico K:SPC-12464.000 No
K:SPC-74175.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [82017] Mexico K:SPC-75570.000 No
K:SPC-08353.000 No
K:SPC-74160.000 No
Powell, C.W. [125] Panama K000079357 Type Yes
K:SPC-74131.000 No
Wans, G. [8/1] Nicaragua K:SPC-30328.000 No
K:SPC-10361.000 No
K:SPC-74158.000 No
Oct 2, 1990 Meisner [1013] Mexico Maxillaria lyonii K000779837 Type Yes
Maxillaria variabilis var. unipunctata K:SPC-08352.000 No
Maxillaria variabilis var. unipunctata K:SPC-08351.000 No
Maxillaria variabilis var. unipunctata K:SPC-08349.000 No
Maxillaria variabilis var. unipunctata K:SPC-13944.000 No
Maxillaria variabilis var. unipunctata K:SPC-08354.000 No
Maxillaria variabilis var. unipunctata K:SPC-08350.000 No
Sep 29, 2006 Powell, C.W. [124] Panama Maxillaria panamensis K000463358 Isotype 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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