Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata

Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. 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: Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata

Name

Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata, autonym

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Listrostachys sedenii Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 9: 138 (1878)
  • Angraecum sedenii (Rchb.f.) N.E.Br., Suppl. Johnson's Gard. Dict.: 873 (1882)
  • Angraecum sedenii (Rchb.f.) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 79 (1884)
  • Angorchis sedenii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 652 (1891)
  • Listrostachys acuminata Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 154 (1897)
  • Cyrtorchis bracteata Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 600 (1915)
  • Cyrtorchis acuminata (Rolfe) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 128 (1918)
  • Cyrtorchis sedenii (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 132 (1918)
  • Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. leonensis Summerh., Kew Bull. 14: 147 (1960)
  • Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. variabilis Summerh., Kew Bull. 14: 148 (1960)
  • Cyrtorchis arcuata var. variabilis (Summerh.) Geerinck, Fl. Rwanda, Spermatoph. 4: 548 (1988)

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 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. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata. Accessed: 2021 May 22.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata 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 arcuata subsp. arcuata 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 arcuata subsp. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2021.

Vernacular names

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