Stellamaris pergrata is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia.[1] It was first described by Oakes Ames in 1923 as Pleurothallis pergrata.[3] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Stellamaris.[2] The genus is one of a number established within subtribe Pleurothallidinae in 2018 as a result of a molecular phylogenetic study.[4]

Stellamaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Stellamaris
Mel.Fernández & Bogarín[2]
Species:
S. pergrata
Binomial name
Stellamaris pergrata
(Ames) Mel.Fernández & Bogarín[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurothallis falcipetala Schltr.
  • Pleurothallis pergrata Ames
  • Trichosalpinx falcipetala (Schltr.) Luer
  • Trichosalpinx pergrata (Ames) Luer
  • Tubella pergrata (Ames) Archila

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Stellamaris pergrata (Ames) Mel.Fernández & Bogarín", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-08-03
  2. ^ a b "Stellamaris Mel.Fernández & Bogarín", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-08-03
  3. ^ "Stellamaris pergrata (Ames) Mel.Fernández & Bogarín", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-08-03
  4. ^ Bogarín, Diego; Karremans, Adam P. & Fernández, Melania (2018), "Genus-level taxonomical changes in the Lepanthes affinity (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae)", Phytotaxa, 340 (2): 128–136, doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.340.2.2