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Taxon

Maxillaria rufescens Lindl.

Protologue Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1848. 1836BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 524.jpg

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 524.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 528.jpg

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 528.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 527.jpg

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 527.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 529.jpg

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 529.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 511.jpg

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 511.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 526.jpg

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 526.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 512.jpg

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 512.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 530.jpg

Maxillaria, R. Vasquez 34616--Peru. Loreto. Dist. Nauta. Pacaya Samiria. Qbd Pucate. 6 Nov 08. 530.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Vasquez, Ro 34616

November 6, 2008

Location

Peru, Loreto, Loreto (Nauta)

-4.456389, -74.078333

Location Remarks

Dist. Nauta. Caserio Miraflores en la boca del Río Tigre. Remanente de bosque primario en terraza alta. 132 m elev.

Collectors

Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, R. Rojas, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, F. Díaz, Antonio Peña Cruz

Notes

Epífito; sépalos y pétalos amarillos.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Maxillaria

Specific Epithet

rufescens

Authorship

Lindl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.7

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

0.1

Global rank

#284,710 of 335,497

Top 85%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →