Orchidaceae

Elleanthus C.Presl

First published in Reliq. Haenk. 1: 97 (1827)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2017 Redden, K.M. [7316] Guyana K001382227 No
Mar 1, 2009 Redden, K.M., et al. [2556] Guyana K000718153 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. [6779] Suriname K000364704 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. [6282] Suriname K000395398 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Ingram, S.; Ferell, K. [793] Costa Rica K000718377 Yes
Sep 1, 1987 Bureau v. h. Boswezen ( B.W.) [775] Suriname K000395960 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Holm-Nielsen, L.; Jeppesen, S.; Lojnant, B.; Ollgaard, B. [3758] Ecuador K001458912 Yes
Taylor, P. [16291] Ecuador K:SPC-41592.000 No
Taylor, P. [13253] Ecuador K001458851 Yes
Porter, C. [062] Ecuador K:SPC-47582.000 No
Funcke [314] Venezuela K001458882 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Peru K000201490 Yes
Panama K:SPC-20593.000 No
Matthews [1891] Peru K001458853 Yes
Mason, L.M. Costa Rica K:SPC-37075.000 No
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [2633] Suriname K000395967 Yes
Matthews [s.n.] Peru K001458843 Yes
Cornejo, X.; Cornejo, C.; Bonifaz, C. [4985] Ecuador K001458924 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador K001458913 Yes
Spruce, R. [5395] Ecuador K000201488 Yes
Fleming, V. [VF 22] Ecuador K:SPC-61878.000 No
Stannard, B.L. [L 4] Venezuela K:SPC-26131.000 No
Mason, L.M. [55] Costa Rica K:SPC-39605.000 No
Bureau v.h. Boswezen ( B.W.) [775] Suriname K000395956 Yes
Taylor, P. [13253] Ecuador K:SPC-41650.000 No
Read [175] Trinidad and Tobago K:SPC-54346.000 No
Taylor, P. [16384] Ecuador K:SPC-41641.000 No
Mayo, A.K. [212] Brazil K:SPC-48204.000 No
Ramsay, P.; Merrow-Smith, P.; Oxley, E.R.B.; Iszatt, T. [191] Ecuador K001458942 Yes
Taylor, P. [16302] Ecuador K:SPC-41517.000 No
Cribb, P. Mexico K:SPC-56399.000 No
Plowman, T.; Kennedy, H. [5645] Peru K:SPC-61887.000 No
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [2332] Suriname K000395961 Yes
Taylor, P. [13243] Ecuador K:SPC-41654.000 No
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Peru K000201489 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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