Sobralia pulcherrima

Sobralia pulcherrima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Sobralia
Species:
S. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Sobralia pulcherrima
Garay 1978
Synonyms
  • Sobralia lindenii W.Watson 1895

Sobralia pulcherrima is a species of Sobralia.[1]

Distribution

Plants are found growing lowland forest edges in Valle del Cauca, Nariño, Antioquia, Chocó states of Colombia and Pichincha, Carchi, Imbabura, and Cotopaxi provinces of Ecuador at elevations between 500 and 2000 meters[2][3]

Taxonomy

This species was first collected in Pichincha, Ecuador by G. Harling and L. Andersson and published in Flora of Ecuador by Garay in 1978.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  2. ^ Webster, Grady L.; Rhode, Robert (2001-04-26). Plant Diversity of an Andean Cloud Forest: Inventory of the Vascular Flora of Maquipucuna, Ecuador. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-91593-0. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  3. ^ a b Baranow, Przemyslaw; Szlachetko, Dariusz; Kindlmann, Pavel (2023-01-06). "Taxonomic revision of Sobralia section Racemosae Brieger (Sobralieae, Orchidaceae)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. Frontiers Media SA. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.1058334. ISSN 2296-701X.