Orchidaceae
Brachycorythis
Brachycorythis ovata

Brachycorythis ovata subsp. schweinfurthii (Rchb.f.) Summerh.

First published in Kew Bull. 10: 257 (1955)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is W. Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and Tanzania. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

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.
  • Bytebier, B., Sakwa, J. & Kurzweil, H. (2004). New and interesting Orchid records for Tanzania. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum 93: 63-67.
  • 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.
  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the 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.
  • 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. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 16, 1954 Snowdon, J.D. [877] Uganda K000415499 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 16, 1954 Sillitoe, F. [143] Sudan K000415498 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 16, 1954 Dalziel, J.M. [836] Nigeria K000415496 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [25982] Nigeria K:SPC-20732.000 No
Carroll, E.W. Kenya K:SPC-01361.000 No
Sep 1, 1972 Bauer, P.J. [72] Cameroon Brachycorythis ovata var. schweinfurthii K000106401 Yes
Dec 1, 1954 Ujor, E.U. [FHI 30324 a] Cameroon Brachycorythis ovata var. schweinfurthii K000106398 Yes
Dec 1, 1954 Maitland, T.D. [1787] Cameroon Brachycorythis ovata var. schweinfurthii K000106402 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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