Orchidaceae
Diaphananthe

Diaphananthe fragrantissima (Rchb.f.) Schltr.

First published in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 100 (1918)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to SW. Ethiopia and NE. KwaZulu-Natal. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 29: 1-41.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • J. Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 788 (1974).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 265 (1968).
  • Schltr. in Beih. Bot. Centr. 36: 100 (1918).
  • Summerh. in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harv. Univ. 12: 101 (1945).
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 186 (1977).
  • la Croix et al., Malawi Orch. 1: 68 (1983).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2013 Morze, G. [19] Zambia K:SPC-30471.000 No
Jan 1, 2013 Morze, G. [19] Zambia K:SPC-36560.000 No
May 18, 1945 Kirk [s.n.] Tanzania K000306299 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 11, 1945 Welwitsch [702] Angola K000306301 Type Yes
Feb 11, 1945 Collins (?) [2753] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000306300 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 11, 1945 Mahon [5] Uganda K000306298 Type Yes
Pleyne, W.M.; Moreau [42A] Tanzania K:SPC-12060.000 No
Germain, R. [2252] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-08279.000 No
Chase, N.C. [4421] Mozambique K:SPC-24026.000 No
Faulkner, H. [2065] Tanzania K:SPC-12056.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [0659] Zambia K:SPC-30469.000 No
Morge, G. [15] Zambia K:SPC-29468.000 No
K:SPC-12059.000 No
Moreau, W.M. [26] Tanzania K:SPC-10271.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [4642] Zambia K:SPC-18751.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-12058.000 No
Moreau, W.M. [42] Tanzania K:SPC-12055.000 No
Piers, F. [83] Uganda K:SPC-12054.000 No
Williamson, G. [301] Zambia K:SPC-34555.000 No
Gregory [59] Cameroon K:SPC-30530.000 No
K:SPC-10269.000 No
K:SPC-10270.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4719] Uganda K:SPC-13399.000 No
Uganda K:SPC-12057.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [397] Uganda K:SPC-13400.000 No

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    • 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

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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