Orchidaceae
Eltroplectris

Eltroplectris calcarata (Sw.) Garay & H.R.Sweet

First published in J. Arnold Arbor. 53: 390 (1972)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Florida, Caribbean to S. Tropical America. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia. Elevation range: 240–240 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas.
Habit
Herb.
[UPFC]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology Stem
Stems glabrous or minutely glandular-puberulous upwardly, 30–55 cm tall, sparingly clothed with a few adpressed membranous sheaths having attenuate tips, and accompanied from the base by a single leaf (rarely 2) with a reddish petiole, 8–20 cm long, and a lanceolate to broadly elliptic, acute to acuminate blade, 10–15 cm long. Inflorescences a loose spike of 2–11 flowers; bracts lanceolate, attenuate, exceeding the ovary
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals pale green, linear-lanceolate, 2.1–3 cm long, the lateral ones connate at the base into a spur-like appendage; petals similar to the sepals, attached their whole length to the median sepal, 1.9–2.1 cm long; lip white, oblong, many-nerved, the margins fimbriate in the median part, attached to the tip of the column foot within the sepal-spur, 1.2–1.5 cm long. Column ca. 10 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule broadly ellipsoid, 1.8–2.5 cm long, with 6 narrow keels.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. Florida, Bahamas, Greater Antilles and northern S. America,.
Ecology
Usually growing in shaded humus.
[Cayman]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 240 m.; Amazonia.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

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

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • 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

  • 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