Orchidaceae
Oncidium

Oncidium sphacelatum Lindl.

First published in Sert. Orchid.: t. 48 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America, SE. Venezuela. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, 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.
  • Königer, W. (2007). Oncidium. Eine Monographie / A Monograph 3: 1-256. Verlag Helga Königer, München.
  • 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.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Königer, W. (2007). Oncidium. Eine Monographie / A Monograph 3: 1-256. Verlag Helga Königer, München.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
K:SPC-13348.000 No
Taylor, S. Belize K:SPC-52107.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Honduras K:SPC-77923.000 No
K:SPC-10403.000 No
Mason, L.M. [1723] Bahamas, The K:SPC-28533.000 No
K:SPC-77226.000 No
Grenada K:SPC-36341.000 No
K:SPC-36336.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Guyana K:SPC-77921.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [85058] Colombia K:SPC-75743.000 No
K:SPC-70381.000 No
Adams, B.R. [K 119] Belize K:SPC-45622.000 No
K:SPC-22278.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [86078] Mexico K:SPC-75355.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • 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