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Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl.

orquidea, delicate violet orchid

Ionopsis utricularioides. Photo: Frank Bungartz, CDF, 2006.
Ionopsis utricularioides. Photo: Frank Bungartz, CDF, 2006.

Epiphytic plant with glabrous roots and ascending rhizomes. Inflorescence lax, many-flowered as a simple racime or a well-developed panicle; the flowers are delicate and white, pale rose, or white lilac (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)

Order
Asparagales

Family
Orchidaceae

Genus
Ionopsis

Species
utricularioides

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Epidendrum utricularioides Sw. In Itow (1997) as Ionopsis urticularioides. Order changed from Orchidales to Asparagales (updated by: J.Villalba 2022).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: The native range of this species is S. Florida, S. Mexico to Tropical America (POWO, 2023).

References

  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
  • Lawesson, J.E. (s.a.) Pers. obs. field notes, collections 1985-7.
  • Van der Werff, H.H. (s.a.) Pers. obs. and colls. Personal observations and collections.
  • 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.
  • CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
  • Dodson, C.H. Dodson, P.M. (1980) Orchids of Ecuador. Icon. Pl. Trop. 1: 1–100.
  • Schweinfurth, C. (1960) Orchidaceae, Orchids of Peru. Fieldiana, Bot. 30(3): 533–786.
  • Ames, O. Correll, D.S. (1952) Orchids of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Bot. 26(1): i–xiii, 1–395.
  • Atwood, J.T. Mora de Retana, D.E. (1999) Family #39 Orchidaceae: Tribe Maxillarieae: subtribes Maxillariinae and Oncidiinae. Fieldiana, Bot., n.s. 40: i–vi, 1-182.
  • Hágsater, E. Salazar, G.A. (1990) Orchids of Mexico, pt. 1. Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 1: plates 1–100.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
  • Svenson, H.K. (1935) Plants of the Astor Expedition, 1930 (Galapagos and Cocos Islands). Am. J. Bot. 22: 208-277.
  • Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
  • Luer, C.A. (1972) The Orchids of the Galápagos Islands. Bull. Amer. Orchid Soc. 41: 868-872.
  • Cayot, L. J. (1987) Ecology of Giant Tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus)in the Galápagos Islands. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology in the Graduate School of Syracuse University.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/

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"Galapagos Species Database, Ionopsis utricularioides", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1024. Accessed 8 May 2025.