Stellamaris

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Stellamaris
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Stellamaris
Mel.Fernández & Bogarín [1]
Species:
S. pergrata
Binomial name
Stellamaris pergrata
(Ames) Mel.Fernández & Bogarín [2]
Synonyms [2]
  • Pleurothallis falcipetalaSchltr.
  • Pleurothallis pergrataAmes
  • Trichosalpinx falcipetala(Schltr.) Luer
  • Trichosalpinx pergrata(Ames) Luer
  • Tubella pergrata(Ames) Archila

Stellamaris pergrata is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. [2] It was first described by Oakes Ames in 1923 as Pleurothallis pergrata. [3] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Stellamaris. [1] The genus is one of a number established within subtribe Pleurothallidinae in 2018 as a result of a molecular phylogenetic study. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Stellamaris Mel.Fernández & Bogarín", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2023-08-03
  2. 1 2 3 "Stellamaris pergrata (Ames) Mel.Fernández & Bogarín", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2023-08-03
  3. "Stellamaris pergrata (Ames) Mel.Fernández & Bogarín", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2023-08-03
  4. Bogarín, Diego; Karremans, Adam P. & Fernández, Melania (2018), "Genus-level taxonomical changes in the Lepanthes affinity (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae)", Phytotaxa, 340 (2): 128–136, doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.340.2.2, hdl: 10669/85459