Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Habenaria distans
orquidea
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Habenaria
Species
distans
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Habenaria jamaicensis Fawc. & Rendle. Order changed from Orchidales to Asparagales (updated by: J.Villalba 2022).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Adsersen, H. (1989) The Rare Plants of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and their Conservation. Biol. Conservation 47(1): 49-77.
- CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Van der Werff, H.H. (s.a.) Pers. obs. and colls. Personal observations and collections.
- Weber, D. (1973) Deux orchidacees nouvelles pour la flore des iles Galapagos. Extrait du Bull. Soc. Neuchateloise Scien. Nat. 96: 17-32.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Habenaria distans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1022. Accessed 31 October 2026.