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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources11 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF65 records
01Narrative
Stelis gracilis is a species of leach orchid (genus Stelis), which is one of the largest genera in the orchid family, with over 600 species. Stelis gracilis are small epiphytes with greenish-white flowers in raceme inflorescences. This rare species of orchid is found in tropical rainforests in North and Central America. It was first described by the American botanist Oakes Ames in 1908.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 1
2 georeferenced
Open the mapobservation + sensor2
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy94% within 1 km
≤100 m 27≤1 km 2≤10 km 2
31 georeferenced · 32 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence63
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions9 of 17 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
15
Durango, MX
12
Instituto Chinoin, A.C.location not on record
11
Mexico City, MX
5
Harvard Universitylocation not on record
4
Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change & Solid Waste Managementlocation not on record
2
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
2
Montecillo, Texcoco, MX
2
Chicago, US
2
Burlington, US
1
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
1
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
1
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
1
Chapingo, MX
1
Bronx, US
1
17 institutions · 63 of 63 vouchered records shown
