Orchidaceae
Eulophia

Eulophia galeoloides Kraenzl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 508 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ghana to South Sudan and Malawi. It is a holomycotrophic rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Zaïre

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.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 24: 508 (1898).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

  • Kraenzlin, F.(F.) W.L. Original description of Eulophia galeoloides. 24, (1910).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • J. Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 780 (1974).
  • Kraenzl. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 24: 508 (1898).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 247 (1968).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. Tanzania K:SPC-36799.000 No
Goetze, W. [252] Tanzania K000410401 Type Yes
la Croix, I. [111] Malawi K:SPC-45130.000 No
Tanner, L. [8] Tanzania K:SPC-36800.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1601] Tanzania K:SPC-10857.000 No
Schlechter, F.R.R. [12643] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000410403 Type Yes
Braun [670] Tanzania K000410402 Type Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [446] Kenya K:SPC-00058.000 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10476] Tanzania K:SPC-36793.000 No
Richards, H.M. [23850] Tanzania K:SPC-07411.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

    • All Rights Reserved
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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