Orchidaceae
Eulophia

Eulophia ovalis Lindl.

First published in Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 202 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Africa. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Liltved, W.R. & Johnson, S.D. (2012). The Cape orchids. A regional monograph of the orchids of the Cape floristic region 2: 485-1022. Sandstone editions, Cape Town.

Kew Backbone Distributions

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

Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

  • Lindley, J. Original description of Eulophia ovalis. 2, (1837).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hall in Journ. S. Afr. Bot., Suppl. 5: 87 (1965).
  • J. Stewart et al., Wild Orch. S. Afr.: 235 (1982).
  • Lindl. in Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 202 (1837).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 14, 1961 Dehn, G. [544] Zimbabwe X000000372 Unknown Type Material No
Hall, A.V. [870] South Africa K:SPC-27899.000 No
Wild, H. [G.H. 30861] Zimbabwe K:SPC-29402.000 No
Baines, T. [s.n.] South Africa K000078615 Type Yes
Hall, A.V. [621] South Africa K:SPC-03097.000 No
Hall, A.V. [653] South Africa K:SPC-03098.000 No
Norlindh, T.; Weimarck, H. [4139] Zimbabwe K:SPC-42350.000 No
Williamson, G. [236] Zambia K:SPC-01800.024 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10727] Tanzania K:SPC-36798.000 No
de Leyser, E. [245] Tanzania K:SPC-53458.000 No
Stolz, A. [2449] Tanzania K000078614 Type Yes
Williamson, G. [236] Zambia K:SPC-01800.240 No
South Africa K:SPC-03099.000 No
South Africa K:SPC-05707.000 No
Hall, A.V. [652] South Africa K:SPC-03096.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1587] Tanzania K:SPC-29972.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

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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

  • 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