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Dancing Lady Tolumnia urophylla

Classification

Orchidaceae [family]
Tolumnia [genus] (3)
urophylla [species]

Classification

Orchidaceae [family]
Tolumnia [genus] (3)
urophylla [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Saba
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Sint Maarten
  • Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Saba
  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten
  • Endemic to Antilles
    Distribution description Native to Windward Island and Leeward Island.
    Notes on presence status A single record from 1987 for Saba.

    Publications

    • Axelrod, F.S. 2015. A Systematic Vademecum to the Vascular Plants of Sint Eustatius. 179 pp.
    • Boeken, M. 2014. Saba en zijn orchideeën. Orchideeën 75(5): 100-117.
    • Boom, B.M. 2008. Flowering Plants. Plants & Lichens of St. Eustatius The New York Botanical Garden. [link]
    • Bos, O.G., Bakker, P.A.J., Henkens, R., Debrot, A.O. 2018. Preliminary checklist of extant endemic species and subspecies of the windward Saba and the Saba Bank. 65. Wageningen Marine Research Report no. C067.18.
    • Feldmann, P. 2012. Révision et mise à jour taxonomique de la liste et de la distribution des orchidées des Petites Antilles. L'Orchidophile 193: 109-127.
    • Garay, L.A., Sweet, H.R. 1974. Orchidaceae. In: Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands. 1: 235. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
    • Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of Sint Eustatius. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.