Prosthechea varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) W.E.Higgins belongs to the Orchidaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Martinez-Melendez, N 531

November 10, 2004

Location

Mexico, Chiapas

17.209056, -92.966472

Location Remarks

Mirador La Selva Negra. Por Cta. Rincon Chamula (Cta 195), c. 2.2 km noroeste de Rincon Chamula. 1898 m elev.

Collectors

Nayely Martínez Melendez, Miguel Angel Pérez Farrera, Hector Gomez-Dominguez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Prosthechea

Specific Epithet

varicosa

Authorship

(Bateman ex Lindl.) W.E.Higgins

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.0

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

#203,294 of 335,497

Top 61%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Encyclia varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) Schltr.

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy