Pelexia bonariensis(Lindl.) Schltr.

WFO wfo-0000266550 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Pelexia bonariensis, photographed by aacocucci
fig. a aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / 2014-02-23 / obs. 10911923
Pelexia bonariensis, photographed by aacocucci
fig. b aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10911916
Pelexia bonariensis, photographed by aacocucci
fig. c aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10911917

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Pelexia bonariensis is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastParaguayPeruUruguay
Native distribution of Pelexia bonariensis, 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
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Uruguay URU

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 15 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.

  • Gyrostachys bonariensis (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Pachygenium bonariense (Lindl.) Szlach., R.González & Rutk.
  • Pachygenium callosum Mytnik, Szlach. & Górniak
  • Pachygenium saltense (Griseb.) Szlach., R.González & Rutk.
  • Pelexia callosa M.N.Correa
  • Pelexia saltensis (Griseb.) Schltr.
  • Spiranthes bonariensis Lindl.
  • Spiranthes bonariensis var. bombylifera Rchb.f. & Warm.
  • Spiranthes saltensis Griseb.
  • Stenorrhynchos bonariense (Lindl.) Cogn.
  • Stenorrhynchos bonariense var. bombyliferum Cogn.
  • Stenorrhynchos bonariense var. robustum Cogn.
  • Stenorrhynchos bonariensis (Lindl.) Cogn.
  • Stenorrhynchos saltense (Griseb.) Cogn.
  • Stenorrhynchos saltensis (Griseb.) Cogn.

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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