Brachycorythis tenuior

Brachycorythis tenuior

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: Brachycorythis
Species: Brachycorythis tenuior

Name

Brachycorythis tenuior Rchb.f., Flora 48: 183 (1865).

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Diplacorchis tenuior (Rchb.f.) Schltr. in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 38(2): 128 (1921).
  • Gyaladenia tenuior (Rchb.f.) Szlach. in Richardiana 6: 82 (2006).
  • Habenaria tenuior (Rchb.f.) N.E.Br. in Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 307 (1885).
  • Platanthera tenuior (Rchb.f.) Schltr. in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 12 (1895).
• Heterotypic
  • Brachycorythis crassicornis Kraenzl. in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 103 (1929).
  • Brachycorythis engleriana Kraenzl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 20 (1895).
  • Brachycorythis rhomboglossa Kraenzl. in Orchid. Gen. Sp.: 544 (1898).
  • Brachycorythis sibangensis Kraenzl. in Orchid. Gen. Sp.: 547 (1898).
  • Brachycorythis soyauxiana Kraenzl. in Orchid. Gen. Sp.: 546 (1898).
  • Diplacorchis engleriana (Kraenzl.) Schltr. in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 38(2): 129 (1921).
  • Diplacorchis rhomboglossa (Kraenzl.) Schltr. in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 38(2): 129 (1921).
  • Gyaladenia engleriana (Kraenzl.) Szlach. in Richardiana 6: 81 (2006).
  • Gyaladenia rhomboglossa (Kraenzl.) Szlach. in Richardiana 6: 82 (2006).
  • Platanthera engleriana (Kraenzl.) Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 204 (1898).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces. West Tropical Africa Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Zaïre. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Reichenbach, H.G. 1865. Flora; oder, (allgemeine) botanische Zeitung. Regensburg, Jena 48: 183.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brachycorythis tenuior. Accessed: 2023 Oct 19.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Brachycorythis tenuior in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Brachycorythis tenuior. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Brachycorythis tenuior. Accessed: 19 Oct 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Brachycorythis tenuior. Published online. Accessed: 19 Oct 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Brachycorythis tenuior. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Oct 2023.

Vernacular names

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