Orchidaceae
Tridactyle

Tridactyle cruciformis Summerh.

First published in Kew Bull. 3: 293 (1948)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to NE. Tanzania. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Tanzania

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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • J. Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 802 (1974).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 3: 293 (1948).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 23, 1976 Cribb, P.J.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10239] Tanzania K000382767 No
Apr 23, 1976 Cribb, P.J.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10277] Tanzania K000382766 No
Apr 23, 1976 Cribb, P.J.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10170] Tanzania K000382765 No
Apr 23, 1976 Cribb, P.J.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10051] Tanzania K000382768 No
Jan 9, 1971 Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.; Msafiri, F.; Smeenk, C. [46] Kenya K000382764 No
Jan 9, 1971 Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.; Msafiri, F.; Smeenk, C. [46] Kenya K000382763 No
Dec 11, 1947 Moreau, W.M. [116] Tanzania K000382769 No
Dec 11, 1947 Moreau, W.M. [17] Tanzania K000306473 Type Yes
Dec 11, 1947 Moreau, W.M. [116] Tanzania K000382770 No
Dec 11, 1947 Moreau, W.M. [17] Tanzania K000382771 Type No
Tait Tanzania K:SPC-32286.000 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10051] Tanzania K:SPC-36795.000 No
Moreau, R.E.; Moreau, M.W. [s.n.] Tanzania K:SPC-08694.000 No
Moreau, W.M. [17] Tanzania K:SPC-10683.000 Type No
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [3865] Kenya K000382762 No
Simkin, J. [163] Tanzania K000382772 No
Tanzania K:SPC-39146.000 No
Tanner, L. [225] Tanzania K000382773 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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