Calanthe sylvatica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Collabieae
Genus: Calanthe
Species: Calanthe sylvatica

Name

Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 250 (1833)

Synonymy

Basionym
- Centrosis sylvatica Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 35 (1822)
Homotypic
- Bletia sylvatica (Thouars) Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 318 (1837)
- Alismorkis centrosis (Thouars) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 49 (1840)
Heterotypic
- Centrosis corymbosa Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 35 (1822)
- Centrosis plantaginea Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 35 (1822)
- Centrosia aubertii A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 40 (1828)
- Calanthe sylvestris Lindl. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 253 (1840), orth. var.
- Calanthe sylvatica var. natalensis Rchb.f., Linnaea 19: 374 (1846)
- Calanthe natalensis (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 322 (1856)
- Calanthe corymbosa (Thouars) Lindl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 129 (1862)
- Calanthe sanderiana B.S.Williams, Nursery Cat. (B.S.Williams) 1887: 21 (1887)
- Alismorkis natalensis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 650 (1891)
- Alismorkis plantaginea (Thouars) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 650 (1891)
- Calanthe sanderiana Rolfe, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 12: 396 (1892), nom. illeg.
- Calanthe delphinioides Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 55 (1893)
- Calanthe volkensii Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 46 (1897)
- Calanthe neglecta Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 570 (1915)
- Calanthe stolzii Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 569 (1915)
- Calanthe sylvatica var. pallidipetala Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 166 (1924)
- Calanthe schliebenii Mansf., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 808 (1933)
- Calanthe humbertii H.Perrier, Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 6: 258 (1955)
- Calanthe candida Bosser, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 11: 34 (1989)
- Calanthe sylvatica var. geerinckiana Stévart, Syst. Geogr. Pl. 70: 147 (2000)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland.
- West Tropical Africa
  - Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion.

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

References

Primary references

Lindley, J. 1833. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 250.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Calanthe sylvatica. Accessed: 2021 Oct 31.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Calanthe sylvatica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 31. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Calanthe sylvatica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 31. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Calanthe sylvatica. 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 Oct 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Calanthe sylvatica. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Calanthe sylvatica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct 2021.

Vernacular names

Tiếng Việt: Kiều hoa rừng
中文: 長距根節蘭, 白花長距蝦脊蘭, 长距虾脊兰
中文（简体）: 长距根节兰, 长距虾脊兰