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nodosa

Taxon

Brassavola nodosa (L.) Lindl.

Protologue Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 114. 1831 [Aug 1831]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Brassavola nodosa--Mexico. University of Mexico 23 Jun 67 02-05.jpg

Brassavola nodosa--Mexico. University of Mexico 23 Jun 67 02-05.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brassavola nodosa--FL. Sarasota. Marie Sellby Botanical Gardens 08 Jul 93 02-04.jpg

Brassavola nodosa--FL. Sarasota. Marie Sellby Botanical Gardens 08 Jul 93 02-04.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Aruba, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 23, 1967

Location

Mexico, Mexico City (University of Mexico greenhouses)

Location Remarks

Mexico DF

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

July 8, 1993

Location

United States, Florida (Marie Selby Botanical Gardens)

Location Remarks

811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Brassavola

Specific Epithet

nodosa

Authorship

(L.) Lindl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#198,075 of 335,497

Top 60%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →