Orchidaceae
Tridactyle

Tridactyle gentilii (De Wild.) Schltr.

First published in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 145 (1918)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to N. KwaZulu-Natal. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 29: 1-41.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, 2: 145 (1918).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • 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

  • J. Stewart et al., Wild Orch. S. Afr.: 275 (1982).
  • J. Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 802 (1974).
  • Schltr. in Beih. Bot. Centr. 36: 145 (1918).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 24, 1947 Gentil, L. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K000306517 Type Yes
Holmes, W.D. [0344] Zambia K:SPC-36806.000 No
Louis, J. [11571] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-10685.000 No
Zambia K:SPC-14961.000 No
K:SPC-14960.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K:SPC-26308.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. Zambia K:SPC-14962.000 No
Pfennig, H. [1274] Uganda K:SPC-40860.000 No
Morton, J.K.; Jarr [SL1562] Sierra Leone K000743742 No
K:SPC-24745.000 No
Westwood, D. [101] Ghana K:SPC-12336.000 No
Meyer, H. [K1] Uganda K:SPC-39507.000 No
Meyer, H. [K1] Uganda K:SPC-38983.000 No

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