Orchidaceae
Tridactyle

Tridactyle tridentata (Harv.) Schltr.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 603 (1915)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, SE. Cape Prov. to S. KwaZulu-Natal. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic 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.
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
  • 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.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 63: 603 (1915), in obs.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • 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.: 273 (1982).
  • Schltr. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 603 (1915) in obs.
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 3: 287 (1948), excl. syn.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2017 Williamson, G. [588] Zambia K:SPC-33725.000 No
Oct 30, 1947 South Africa K000306503 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 30, 1947 Sanderson, J. [s.n.] South Africa K000306502 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-15251.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [0243] Zambia K:SPC-08720.000 No
Greenway, P.J. [10244] Tanzania K:SPC-00665.000 No
Coryndon Kenya K:SPC-14975.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-15250.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [594] Kenya K:SPC-00664.000 No
La Croix, I.F.; la Croix, E.A.S. [1055] Malawi K:SPC-52525.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [4331] Sierra Leone K:SPC-14647.000 No
Kenya K:SPC-08721.000 No
K:SPC-14968.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10690] Tanzania K:SPC-14648.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-03153.000 Type No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4794] Kenya K:SPC-12338.000 No
Segerbock, B. [1126] Nigeria K:SPC-37943.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-10691.000 No

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