Orchidaceae
Polystachya

Polystachya transvaalensis Schltr.

First published in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 28 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan and S. Africa. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Harris, T., Darbyshire, I. & Polhill, R. (2011). New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique. Kew Bulletin 66: 241-151.
  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2011). A monograph of the subtribe Polystachyinae Schltr. (Orchidaceae): 1-400. Fundacja Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Gdanskiego.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2015). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 2: 1-300. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

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.
  • Harris, T., Darbyshire, I. & Polhill, R. (2011). New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique. Kew Bulletin 66: 241-151.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Kraenzl. in F. Fedde, Repertorium Speciorum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, Beih. 39: 14 (1926).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 140 (1968).
  • Schltr. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 20: 28 (1895).
  • Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 768, fig. (1974).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 11: 227 (1956).
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 117, fig. 61/3 (1977).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 12, 2012 Timberlake, J. [5864] Mozambique K000718693 Yes
Jan 1, 2011 s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K000718244 Yes
May 22, 2009 Harris, T. [632] Mozambique K000614217 Yes
Oct 26, 1955 Kirk [s.n.] Malawi K000242304 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mason, L.M. [2615] Reunion K:SPC-32682.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1671] Tanzania K:SPC-21260.000 No
Owen, D. [018] Malawi K:SPC-44009.000 No
Jones, R. [25167] Zimbabwe K:SPC-21259.000 No
la Croix, I.; La Croix, E. [27] Malawi K:SPC-42781.000 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10461] Tanzania K:SPC-35771.000 No
Richards, H.M. [14125] Tanzania K:SPC-01814.000 No
Morris, B. [32A] Malawi K:SPC-28317.000 No
Jenkins, P. Malawi K:SPC-50914.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2475] Tanzania K:SPC-09203.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1575] Tanzania K:SPC-09204.000 No
Jannerup, P.L.; Mhoro, B. [0391] Tanzania K:SPC-71167.000 No
Leedal, G.P. [2628] Tanzania K:SPC-37467.000 No
Zimbabwe K:SPC-00598.000 No
Germain, R. [3914] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-09191.000 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10710] Tanzania K:SPC-35762.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1839] Tanzania K:SPC-24643.000 No
Timberlake, J. [5206] Mozambique K000613934 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1645] Tanzania K:SPC-27235.000 No
Pullen, I.B. Tanzania K:SPC-09202.000 No
Copley, H. [68] Kenya K:SPC-20081.000 No
Lovett, J. [302] Tanzania K:SPC-48355.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8174] Tanzania K:SPC-17054.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-20082.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1299] Tanzania K:SPC-09193.000 No
Jannerup, P.L.; Mhoro, B. [0392] Tanzania K:SPC-71162.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8915] Tanzania K:SPC-20080.000 No
Williamson, G. [225] Zambia K:SPC-01800.062 No
Eggeling, W.J. [6370] Tanzania K:SPC-20083.000 No
Richards, H.M. [10476] Malawi K:SPC-00599.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1487] Tanzania K:SPC-25124.000 No
Nsolomo, V.R. [88016/U] Tanzania K:SPC-53566.000 No

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    • 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