Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Home Research Hub dataZone Galapagos Species Database

Fellhanera stanhopeae (Müll. Arg.) Lücking, Lumbsch & Elix

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Lecanorales

Family
Pilocarpaceae

Genus
Fellhanera

Species
stanhopeae

Taxon category: Accepted

Santesson (1952) changed the original epithet stanhopiae to stanhopeae. The epithet is based on the orchid genus Stanhopea, on which the type was found, and this name is sometimes mispelled Stanhopia.

Origin: Native

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

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

References

  • Kirk, P. (ed.) (2010) Index Fungorum. CABI Bioscience, CBS and Landcare Research, available online at www.indexfungorum.org.

You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.

This page should be cited as follows:

"Galapagos Species Database, Fellhanera stanhopeae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14319. Accessed 6 November 2026.