Galapagos Species Database
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Stanhopea jenischiana
torito, cabeza de toro, Jenisch's Stanhopea
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Stanhopea
Species
jenischiana
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Epidendrum grandiflorum Bonpl. Order changed from Orchidales to Asparagales (updated by: J.Villalba 2022).
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2004
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- Brako, L. Zarucchi,J.L. (1993) Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
- Dodson, C.H. Gentry, A.H. & F. M. Valverde (1985) La Flora de Jauneche: Los Ríos, Ecuador. Fl. Zonas Vida Ecuador 1–512.
- Dodson, C.H. Dodson, P.M. (1980) Orchids of Ecuador. Icon. Pl. Trop. 1: 1–100.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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"Galapagos Species Database, Stanhopea jenischiana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2073. Accessed 20 May 2025.