Species Detail: Myrmecophilia humboldtii
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Myrmecophilia humboldtii
 
Authority: (Rchb.f.) Rolfe
 
Synonyms: Schomburgkia humboldtii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
 
Common Names:
Common Names Location Language
Bakoba di seru Curaçao Papiamento
Banana di mondi Bonaire Papiamento
Banana shimaron Dutch Caribbean Papiamento
 
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Plantae Magnoliophyta Liliopsida
 Asparagales
 Orchidaceae Myrmecophilia
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description: New name for: Schomburgkia humboldtii (Reichb.f.) Reichb.f.

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
CITES Global II

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

No Habitats listed.

Distribution Status
Distributions Occurrence Status Description
Caribbean

Location Occurrence Status Description
Aruba
Bonaire
Curaçao

Population
Location Quality Quantity Description Date Comments
Aruba Extinct
Bonaire
Curaçao

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

Resources
Images
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Distribution Maps No Distribution Maps listed.

Documents No Documents listed.

Web Links No Web Links listed.

References
Citation Author Reference Type
Arnoldo's zakflora : wat in het wild groeit en bloeit op Aruba, Bonaire en Curaçao / bew. door A.S.J. van Proosdij. - 3de geh. herz. hd. - Met medew. Van P. Ketner, P.J.M. Maas, J.A. de Freitas & M.H. Jansen-Jacobs. - Eindred. P. Ketner. - Amsterdam : Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor het Caraibische Gebied, 2001. - 287 p. : ill., fig., foto's ; 23 cm. - With bibliogr., index. - (Uitgaven Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor het Caraibische Gebied: 144). - ISBN: 90.5730.162.8 Proosdij, A.S.J. van Published document

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