Orchidaceae
Tridactyle

Tridactyle bicaudata (Lindl.) Schltr.

First published in Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 602 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is an epiphytic or lithophytic chamaephyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Die Orchid. 602 (1914).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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

  • Ball, S. Afr. Epiphytic Orch.: 222 (1978).
  • J. Stewart et al., Wild Orch. S. Afr.: 274 (1982).
  • J. Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 802 (1974).
  • Schltr. in Die Orchideen: 602 (1914).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 276 (1968).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 3: 296 (1948)
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 203 (1977).
  • la Croix et al., Malawi Orch. 1: 135 (1983).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2017 Wild, H. [32488] Zimbabwe K:SPC-30431.000 No
Jan 1, 2017 Wild, H. [SH.22671] Zimbabwe K:SPC-30430.000 No
Jan 1, 2017 Ball, J.S. [SRGH 48538] Zimbabwe K:SPC-29624.000 No
Oct 14, 2011 Matimele, H.A. [88b] Mozambique K000718396 No
Mar 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [206] Cameroon K000106885 No
Aug 1, 1999 Etuge, M. [4022] Cameroon K000107034 No
Mar 1, 1996 Sebsebe; Demissew [5074] Cameroon K000106064 No
Nov 1, 1987 Louis, A.M. [2623] Gabon K000743743 No
Nov 21, 1947 Stolz, A. [716] Tanzania K000306518 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zimbabwe K:SPC-43002.000 No
Ethiopia K:SPC-50989.000 No
Copley, H. [6] Kenya K:SPC-10677.000 No
Powis Kenya K:SPC-14950.000 No
Morze, G. [59] Zambia K:SPC-36570.000 No
Cox, J.K. [60] Ghana K:SPC-12330.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-14952.000 No
Tanzania K:SPC-30134.000 No
Cox, J.K. [103] Ghana K:SPC-14954.000 No
Morze, G. [67] Zambia K:SPC-36585.000 No
K:SPC-14639.000 No
Robertson, S.A. [5908] Kenya K:SPC-54784.000 No
la Croix, I. [118] Malawi K:SPC-45132.000 No
Richards, H.M. [10293] Tanzania K:SPC-14951.000 No
Westwood, D. [29] Ghana K:SPC-10681.000 No
Piers, F. [P.37] Kenya K:SPC-10680.000 No
Zimbabwe K:SPC-43013.000 No
Cansdale, G.S. [130] Ghana K:SPC-12328.000 No
Morze, G. [67] Zambia K:SPC-29828.000 No
Friis, I. [3882] Ethiopia K:SPC-50990.000 No
la Croix, I. [117] Malawi K:SPC-45131.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-12329.000 No
K:SPC-10678.000 No
Zambia K:SPC-03151.000 No
Williamson, G. [625] Zambia K:SPC-27461.058 No
Cansdale, G.S. [135] Ghana K:SPC-14956.000 No
Hughes, J. [s.n.] Kenya K:SPC-10674.000 No
Richards, H.M. [10232] Zambia K:SPC-10673.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2033] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-47378.000 No
Pollard, B.J. [206] Cameroon K:SPC-72390.000 No
Nigeria K:SPC-31322.000 No
Williams, S.G.B. [s.n.] Malawi K:SPC-14955.000 No
Kenya K:SPC-45585.000 No
la Croix, I.; La Croix, E. [42] Malawi K:SPC-42279.000 No
Shah, T. [3] Mozambique K:SPC-78905.000 No
Shah, T. [3] Mozambique K000569739 No
Greenway, P.J. Tanzania K:SPC-12327.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-10676.000 No
Methuen Zimbabwe K:SPC-14953.000 No
la Croix, I. [180] Malawi K:SPC-44478.000 No
la Croix, I. [131] Malawi K:SPC-45137.000 No
King, D.E.S. Nigeria K:SPC-12331.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [8604] Kenya K:SPC-14637.000 No
Cole, J.A. [54] Zambia K:SPC-12332.000 No

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0