Specklinia tribuloides(Sw.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase

WFO wfo-0000556767 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Specklinia tribuloides, photographed by Victor De la Cruz
fig. a Victor De la Cruz, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-06 / obs. 134845562
Specklinia tribuloides, photographed by Adriana García Ramírez
fig. b Adriana García Ramírez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121825474
Specklinia tribuloides, photographed by Victor De la Cruz
fig. c Victor De la Cruz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108052079
Specklinia tribuloides, photographed by Victor De la Cruz
fig. d Victor De la Cruz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74757319
Specklinia tribuloides, photographed by Victor De la Cruz
fig. e Victor De la Cruz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74756977
Specklinia tribuloides, photographed by Victor De la Cruz
fig. f Victor De la Cruz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44648729
Specklinia tribuloides, photographed by Victor De la Cruz
fig. g Victor De la Cruz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131023829
Specklinia tribuloides, photographed by Victor De la Cruz
fig. h Victor De la Cruz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107949619

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Specklinia tribuloides is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Suriname Mexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáSuriname
Native distribution of Specklinia tribuloides, 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
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Suriname SUR
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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.

  • Cryptophoranthus acaulis Kraenzl.
  • Cryptophoranthus tribuloides (Sw.) H.Dietr.
  • Cymbidium tribuloides (Sw.) Spreng.
  • Dendrobium tribuloides (Sw.) Sw.
  • Epidendrum tribuloides Sw.
  • Humboltia tribuloides (Sw.) Kuntze
  • Pleurothallis fallax Rchb.f.
  • Pleurothallis spathulata A.Rich. & Galeotti
  • Pleurothallis tribuloides (Sw.) Lindl.
  • Tribulago tribuloides (Sw.) Luer

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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