Orchidaceae

Holothrix Rich. ex Lindl.

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 257 (1835), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 1-416. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 190. Nom. cons.
  • Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. 257, 283 (1835)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 257, 283 (1835), nom. conserv.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by B. Pettersson [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. & Sp, Oreh. Pl.: 257, 283 (1835), nom. conserv,

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gilbert, M.G. [1834] Ethiopia K:SPC-26332.004 No
Richards, H.M. [16531] Malawi K:SPC-29799.000 No
Schlechter, F.R.R. [s.n.] South Africa K000415462 Unknown Type Material Yes
Williamson, G. [395] Malawi K:SPC-32561.000 No
K000364273 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [593] Ethiopia K:SPC-37442.000 No
Bentham, W. [s.n.] South Africa K000364253 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [6369] K000364258 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Orchideae: e-monocot.org

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