Beloglottis costaricensis

Beloglottis costaricensis is a terrestrial species of orchid. It has a wide distribution, reported from Mexico (from San Luis Potosí south to Chiapas), Central America (all 7 countries), the West Indies (Trinidad, Dominican Republic and Cayman Islands), South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia), and Dade County Florida.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Beloglottis costaricensis
Beloglottis costaricensis (syn. Spiranthes costaricensis) - Xenia v. 2 (1874)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Genus: Beloglottis
Species:
B. costaricensis
Binomial name
Beloglottis costaricensis
(Rchb.f.) Schltr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Spiranthes costaricensis Rchb.f.
  • Gyrostachys costaricensis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
  • Spiranthes bicaudata Ames
  • Beloglottis bicaudata (Ames) Garay

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of North America v 26 p 522, Beloglottis costaricensis (Reichenbach f.) Schlechter, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37: 365. 1920.
  3. Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  4. Dueñas Gómez, H.del C. & Fernández-Alonso, J.L. (2007). Sinopsis de la subfamilia Spiranthoideae (Orchidaceae) en Colombia, Parte I. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 31: 1-27.
  5. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  6. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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