Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Liparis nervosa
pantropical widelip orchid, tall twayblade
Terrestrial or lythophytic plant with many-flowered raceme to 70 cm long (Wiggins and Porter, 1971). Tepals green, yellowish green or yellow, often tinged brown or purple.Petals linear, falcate, 4.7–6 mm. long, reflexed (POWO, 2023).
In marshy grassland, or in stony ground in wet seepages on rock outcrops, in full sun or in shade (POWO, 2023).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Liparis
Species
nervosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Epidendrum nervosum (Thunb.) Thunb.; Wiggins & Porter (1971) as Empusa paradoxa Lindl., Dituilis nepalensis Raf., Cymbidium nervosum Sw. and Cymbidium bituberculatum Hook. 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.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics (POWO, 2023).
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- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Liparis nervosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1025. Accessed 1 November 2026.