Bonatea speciosa

Bonatea speciosa

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
Species: Bonatea speciosa

Name

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

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Orchis speciosa L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 401 (1782)
• Homotypic
  • Habenaria bonatea Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 101 (1881)
• Heterotypic
  • Bonatea densiflora Sond., Linnaea 19: 80 (1846)
  • Habenaria densiflora (Sond.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 1: 797 (1849)
  • Habenaria robusta N.E.Br., Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 307 (1885), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa South Tropical Africa Mozambique. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal. 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. Supplementum Plantarum 4: 43.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Bonatea speciosa. Accessed: 2021 Mar 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bonatea speciosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bonatea speciosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Bonatea speciosa. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Bonatea speciosa. Published online. Accessed: 21 Mar 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Bonatea speciosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Mar 2021.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Moederkappie

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