Bonatea (Orchidaceae)

Bonatea speciosa
Typus of Bonatea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Bonatea

Overview of species (13)

B. antennifera – B. boltonii – B. cassidea – B. lamprophylla – B. polypodantha – B. porrecta – B. pulchella – B. rabaiensis – B. saundersioides – B. speciosa – B. stereophylla – B. steudneri – B. volkensiana

Name

Bonatea Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 43 (1805)

• Type species: Bonatea speciosa (L.f.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 43 (1805)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 263 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
  
• Willdenow, C.L.v. 1805. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 4: 5. 43.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Bonatea. Accessed: 2022 Sep 3.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Bonatea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 3. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Bonatea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 3. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Bonatea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Bonatea. Published online. Accessed: 3 Sep 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Bonatea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Sep 2022.

Vernacular names

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