Orchidaceae
Maxillaria

Maxillaria acuminata Lindl.

First published in G.Bentham, Pl. Hartw.: 155 (1845)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. South America to NW. Venezuela. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

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?
Apr 1, 1948 Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador K001458277 Yes
Apr 1, 1948 Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador K001458278 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ecuador K000793163 Type Yes
Mason, L.M. [1960] Peru K:SPC-28947.000 No
K:SPC-73394.000 No
Brazil K:SPC-73452.000 No
Mason, L.M. [1798] Peru K:SPC-28654.000 No
Ecuador K001458271 Yes
Ecuador K001458272 Yes
Ecuador K001458273 Yes
Ecuador K001458274 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador K001458275 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador K001458276 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador K001458279 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador K001458280 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador K001458281 Yes
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador K001458282 Yes
Ecuador K001458283 Yes
Ecuador K001458284 Yes
Ecuador K001458285 Yes
Colombia, Ecuador K001458286 Yes
Colombia, Ecuador K001458287 Yes
Colombia, Ecuador K001458288 Yes
Colombia, Ecuador K001458289 Yes
Colombia, Ecuador K001458290 Yes
Colombia, Ecuador K001458291 Yes
Colombia, Ecuador K001458292 Yes
Colombia, Peru K001458293 Yes
Feb 2, 2012 Ecuador Rhetinantha acuminata K000793163 No

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