Bulbophyllum colubrinum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Dendrobieae
Genus: Bulbophyllum
Species: Bulbophyllum colubrinum

Name

Bulbophyllum colubrinum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 257 (1861)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Megaclinium colubrinum Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 223 (1855)
• Homotypic
  • Phyllorkis colubrina (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Bulbophyllum inaequale Rchb.f., Flora 69: 553 (1886), nom. illeg.
  • Megaclinium inaequale Rchb.f., Flora 69: 553 (1886)
  • Megaclinium imschootianum Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 8 (1895)
  • Bulbophyllum decipiens Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 14 (1905)
  • Bulbophyllum gabunense Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 15 (1905)
  • Bulbophyllum imschootianum (Rolfe) De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 1: 86 (1921)
  • Bulbophyllum makakense J.B.Hansen, Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 28: 278 (1959)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa  Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola. Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Zaire. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Reichenbach, H.G. 1861. Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 257.
• Schlechter, F.R.R. 1905. Orchidaceae africanae, imprimis Africae occidentalis, in Engler, A. (ed.) Beiträge zur Flora von Afrika XXVIII. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 38: 1–25 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 4 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Bulbophyllum colubrinum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Oct. 17. Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2016. Bulbophyllum colubrinum in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Oct. 17.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Bulbophyllum colubrinum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Oct. 2016.
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Bulbophyllum colubrinum. Published online. Accessed: 17. Oct. 2016.