Orchidaceae
Epidendrum

Epidendrum flexuosum G.Mey.

First published in Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 260 (1818)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Trinidad and S. Tropical America. It is a perennial or epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.
  • Kolanowska, M., Hágsater, E., Szlachetko, D.L., Santiago Aala, E. & Sánchez, Saldaña, L. (2014). Orchids of the department of Valle del Cauca (Colombia) 2: 1-393. Koeltz Scientific Books.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Noguera-Savelli, E. & Cetzal-Ix, W. (2014). Revisión e integración del conocimiento de las Orchidaceae de Tabasco, México. Botanical Sciences 92: 519-540.

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

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
  • CITES (2021). Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php
  • 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, 2012 Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5549] Brazil K000878069 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Argent, G.C.G.; Richards, P.W. [6641] Brazil K000878071 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Calderón, C.E.; Monteiro, O.P.; Guedes, J. [2656] Brazil K000878070 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5549] Brazil K000878067 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Argent, G.C.G. [6642] Brazil K000878068 Yes
Mar 21, 1978 Panama, Br. Honduras, Colombia Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444884 Yes
Oct 1, 1946 Peru, Panama Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444885 Yes
Jan 1, 1931 Panama, Br. Honduras, Colombia Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444878 Yes
Jan 1, 1923 Panama, Br. Honduras, Colombia Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444881 Yes
Jan 1, 1906 Panama, Br. Honduras, Colombia Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444883 Yes
Panama, Br. Honduras, Colombia Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444874 Yes
Panama, Br. Honduras, Colombia Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444875 Yes
Panama, Br. Honduras, Colombia Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444876 Yes
Panama, Br. Honduras, Colombia Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444877 Yes
Panama, Br. Honduras, Colombia Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444879 Yes
Panama, Br. Honduras, Colombia Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444880 Yes
Panama, Br. Honduras, Colombia Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444882 Yes
Peru, Panama Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444886 Yes
Peru, Panama Epidendrum imantophyllum K001444887 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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