Schiedeella transversalis(A.Rich. & Galeotti) Schltr.

WFO wfo-0000306537 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 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.

Schiedeella transversalis, photographed by Alan Rockefeller
fig. a Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 / 2015-08-10 / obs. 5458241
Schiedeella transversalis, photographed by Alan Rockefeller
fig. b Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 5458240
Schiedeella transversalis, photographed by Alan Rockefeller
fig. c Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 5458242
Schiedeella transversalis, photographed by Alan Rockefeller
fig. d Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 5458288

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Schiedeella transversalis is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHonduras
Native distribution of Schiedeella transversalis, 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
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Costa Rica COS SOUTHERN AMERICA
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON

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 10 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.

  • Cyclopogon tuerckheimii (Schltr.) Schltr.
  • Schiedeella alinae (Szlach.) Szlach.
  • Schiedeella guerrerensis (Szlach.) Szlach.
  • Schiedeella llaveana subsp. szlachetkoana R.González
  • Schiedeella llaveana var. alinae Szlach.
  • Schiedeella llaveana var. guerrerensis Szlach.
  • Schiedeella petiolata Schltr.
  • Schiedeella romeroana Szlach.
  • Spiranthes transversalis A.Rich. & Galeotti
  • Spiranthes tuerckheimii Schltr.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.