Galapagos Species Database

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

Cranichis ciliata Kunth

orqidea

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)

Order
Asparagales

Family
Orchidaceae

Genus
Cranichis

Species
ciliata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cranichis schlimii Rchb.f., C. pachnodes Løjtnant fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). 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.

References

  • Garay, L.A. (1978) 225(1). Orchidaceae (Cypripedioideae, Orchidoideae, Neottioideae). Flora del Ecuador 9: 1–305.
  • Jaramillo, P. (1998) Distribución Espacial de la Vegetación Vascular y Dispersión de Especies Introducidas dentro del Parque Nacional Galápagos. Tesis de Doctorado en Biología, Universidad Central del Ecuador. Especialización ECOLOGIA DE POBLACIONES.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Van der Werff, H.H. (s.a.) Pers. obs. and colls. Personal observations and collections.
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Cranichis ciliata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17879. Accessed 3 November 2026.