Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata

Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Angraecinae
Genus: Cyrtorchis
Species: Cyrtorchis arcuata
Subspecies: Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata

Name edit

Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata, autonym

Synonymy edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Listrostachys sedenii Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 9: 138 (1878)
    • Angraecum sedenii (Rchb.f.) N.E.Br., Suppl. Johnson's Gard. Dict.: 873 (1882)
    • Angraecum sedenii (Rchb.f.) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 79 (1884)
    • Angorchis sedenii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 652 (1891)
    • Listrostachys acuminata Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 154 (1897)
    • Cyrtorchis bracteata Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 600 (1915)
    • Cyrtorchis acuminata (Rolfe) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 128 (1918)
    • Cyrtorchis sedenii (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 132 (1918)
    • Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. leonensis Summerh., Kew Bull. 14: 147 (1960)
    • Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. variabilis Summerh., Kew Bull. 14: 148 (1960)
    • Cyrtorchis arcuata var. variabilis (Summerh.) Geerinck, Fl. Rwanda, Spermatoph. 4: 548 (1988)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Togo.
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre.,
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia.
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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