Native to 36 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Hawaii (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

January 12, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Monroe

25.788889, -81.099444

Location Remarks

Big Cypress National Preserve. Monroe Station Loop road, off Tamiami Trail Road (Highway 41).

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

March 11, 2002

Location

French Guiana

4.558556, -52.463417

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Epidendrum

Specific Epithet

nocturnum

Authorship

Jacq.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.4

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

#207,039 of 335,497

Top 62%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →