Brassavola nodosa (L.) Lindl. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Brassavola nodosa (L.) Lindl.

Summary

Genus:

Brassavola

Family:

Orchidaceae

Subfamily:

Epidendroideae

Tribe:

Epidendreae

Nomen number:

7629

Place of publication:

Gen. sp. orchid. pl. 114. 1831

Verified:

01/24/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Epidendrum nodosum L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Brassavola grandiflora Lindl.

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Conservation Status

CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).

Reference(s)

Ackerman, J. D. An orchid flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 73. 1995
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Balick, M. J. et al. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85. 2000
Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica. 2003-
Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). 2001

Common names

Swedish
nattstjärna –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Puerto Rico
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia

Native
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Jamaica, Puerto Rico
MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=7629. Accessed 15 December 2025.