Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Stanhopea tricornis
torito, the three horned stanhopea
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Stanhopea
Species
tricornis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Stanhopea convoluta Rolfe; Dodson (1975) and Dodson & Dodson (1980) as Stanhopea langlasseana Cogn. 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.
- 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. (1975) Orchids of Ecuador: Stanhopea. Selbyana 1(2): 114–129.
- Schweinfurth, C. (1958) Orchidaceae. Orchids of Peru. Fieldiana, Bot. 30(1): 1–260.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.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, Stanhopea tricornis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2074. Accessed 4 November 2026.