Orchidaceae
Eulophia

Eulophia orthoplectra (Rchb.f.) Summerh.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 499 (1939)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, 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.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 1939: 499, in obs.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.

Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

  • Reichenbach, H.G. Original description of Eulophia orthoplectra. 1939, (1923).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Summerh. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1939: 499 (1939).
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 176 (1977).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 26, 2005 Dehn, G. [482] Zimbabwe X000000373 Unknown Type Material No
Mar 13, 1957 Stolz, A. [1381] Tanzania K000078427 Type Yes
Mar 13, 1957 Stolz, A [1387] Tanzania K000078428 Type Yes
Mar 13, 1957 Scott Elliot, G.F. [6988] Kenya K000078424 Type Yes
Mar 1, 1957 Maitland, T.D. [1778] Cameroon K000106951 No
Mar 13, 1956 O'Brien, J. [s.n.] Tanzania K000078429 Type Yes
Mar 13, 1954 Scott Elliot, G.F. [7552] Uganda K000078394 Type Yes
Jackson, G. [63] Malawi K:SPC-10888.000 No
Greenway, P.J.; Turner, M. [12453] Tanzania K:SPC-00093.000 No
Greatrex, F.C. [25043] Zimbabwe K:SPC-10887.000 No
Hock, Ad. Cameroon K000078393 No
Phipps, J.B. [722] Zimbabwe K:SPC-29382.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [1697] Kenya K:SPC-00090.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9765A] Tanzania K:SPC-00092.000 No
Pfennig, H. [1219] Uganda K:SPC-39125.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2537] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-50356.000 No
Greatrex, F.C. [33974] Zimbabwe K:SPC-12818.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [2408] Zambia K:SPC-12817.000 No
Morge, G. [173] Zambia K:SPC-30110.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9765B] Tanzania K:SPC-12819.000 No
Morze, G. [94] Zambia K:SPC-29745.000 No
K:SPC-10886.000 No
Richards, H.M. [26231] Tanzania K:SPC-36377.000 No
Copley, H. [114] Kenya K:SPC-14825.000 No
Hepper, F.N.; Chapman, J. [1755] Cameroon K:SPC-14824.000 No
Osmaston, H.A. [771] Uganda K:SPC-10885.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. Sudan K000078395 No
Mar 15, 1954 Mechov, A., von Angola Eulophia rugulosa K000078425 No
Mechov, A., von [264] Angola Eulophia rugulosa K000078426 Type No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

    • All Rights Reserved

  • 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