Cyrtorchis

Cyrtorchis arcuata (Typus)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Angraecinae
Genus: Cyrtorchis

Overview of species (18)

C. arcuata – C. aschersonii – C. brownii – C. chailluana – C. crassifolia – C. erythraeae – C. glaucifolia – C. guillaumetii – C. hamata – C. henriquesiana – C. injoloensis – C. letouzeyi – C. monteiroae – C. neglecta – C. praetermissa – C. ringens – C. seretii – C. submontana

Name

Cyrtorchis Schltr., Die Orchideen: 596 (1914)

• Type species: Cyrtorchis arcuata (Lindl.) Schltr., Orchideen: 596 (1914)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Homocolleticon (Summerh.) Szlach. & Olszewski, Fl. Cameroun 36: 727 (2001)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland. West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. 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.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 379 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  
• Schlechter, F.R.R. 1914. Die Orchideen 595.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cyrtorchis. Accessed: 2021 May 22.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cyrtorchis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 22. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cyrtorchis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cyrtorchis. 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 May 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cyrtorchis. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cyrtorchis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2021.

Vernacular names

中文: 弧距兰属

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