Entry for Diaphananthe pulchella Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 2, (1998) Author: I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb
Names
Diaphananthe pachyrhiza P.J. Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE], in la Croix et al., Malawi Orch. 1: 70 (1983). Type: Malawi, Thyolo, la Croix 37 (K, holotype).
Diaphananthe pulchella Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 12: 103 (1945); in Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 35: t. 3485 (1950). —Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 267 (1968). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 91 (1970). —Stewart in Upland Kenya Wild Fl.: 788 (1974). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 187 (1977). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 530 (1989). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 271 (1991). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 2: 556 (1992). —Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 43 (1996). Type from Tanzania.
Distribution
Zambia N Mbala, fl. 20.xii.1961, Morze 84 (K).Malawi N Nkhata Bay Distr., Viphya Link road, 1575 m, fl. 11.i.1975, Pawek 8940 (K; MAL; MO; SRGH; UC).Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., c. 16 km NE of Matonchi, fl. 25.xi.1958, W.D. Holmes O 101 (K).Malawi C Nkhotakota Distr., Ntchisi Forest, fl. 12.xii.1962, Adlard 523 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., Mudi Stream, fl. 25.iii.1965, Morris 202 (K).