Cyrtorchis arcuata

Cyrtorchis arcuata

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

Name

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

Synonymy

• 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

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

References

Primary references

• Schlechter, F.R.R. 1914. Die Orchideen; Beschreibung, Kultur, Züchtung: 596.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cyrtorchis arcuata. Accessed: 2023 Dec 18.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cyrtorchis arcuata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Cyrtorchis arcuata. 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 Dec 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cyrtorchis arcuata. Accessed: 18 Dec 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cyrtorchis arcuata. Published online. Accessed: 18 Dec 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Cyrtorchis arcuata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Dec 2023.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Bosorgidee
English: Wood orchid

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