Lemeltonia monadelpha(É.Morren) Barfuss & W.Till

WFO wfo-0001347220 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Lemeltonia monadelpha, photographed by Sobeida Morales
fig. a Sobeida Morales, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-08 / obs. 204985573
Lemeltonia monadelpha, photographed by Gerry van Tonder
fig. b Gerry van Tonder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62310462
Lemeltonia monadelpha, photographed by Sobeida Morales
fig. c Sobeida Morales, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204985606
Lemeltonia monadelpha, photographed by Sobeida Morales
fig. d Sobeida Morales, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204985550
Lemeltonia monadelpha, photographed by Guillaume Delaitre
fig. e Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177075001
Lemeltonia monadelpha, photographed by Guillaume Delaitre
fig. f Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180755504
Lemeltonia monadelpha, photographed by Guillaume Delaitre
fig. g Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180755550

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Lemeltonia monadelpha is native: Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela BelizeBrazil NorthColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Lemeltonia monadelpha, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Catopsis alba É.Morren ex Baker
  • Phytarrhiza monadelpha É.Morren
  • Tillandsia graminifolia Baker
  • Tillandsia monadelpha (É.Morren) Baker
  • Tillandsia monobotrya Mez

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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