Cyrtorchis arcuata

Cyrtorchis arcuata

Taxonavigation edit

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
Species: Cyrtorchis arcuata
Subspecies: (2)
C. a. subsp. arcuata – C. a. subsp. whytei

Name edit

Cyrtorchis arcuata (Lindl.) Schltr., Die Orchideen; Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 596 (1914).

Synonymy edit

  • Basionym
    • Angraecum arcuatum Lindl., Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 204 (1837).
  • Homotypic
    • Listrostachys arcuata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 907 (1864).
    • Angorchis arcuata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Togo.
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre.
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia.
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.

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

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Vernacular names edit

Afrikaans: Bosorgidee
English: Wood orchid

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