Diaphananthe odoratissima

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: Diaphananthe
Species: Diaphananthe odoratissima

Name

Diaphananthe odoratissima (Rchb.f.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward, Phytotaxa 71: 45 (2012).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Angraecum odoratissimum Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 326 (1856).
• Homotypic
  • Listrostachys odoratissima (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 13: 806 (1880).
  • Chamaeangis odoratissima (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 108 (1918).
• Heterotypic
  • Listrostachys urostachya Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 158 (1895).
  • Listrostachys dewevrei De Wild., Not. Pl. Util. Congo 1: 145 (1903).
  • Listrostachys pynaertii De Wild., Not. Pl. Util. Congo 2: 164 (1906).
  • Angraecum urostachyum (Kraenzl.) Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(II): 420 (1908).
  • Chamaeangis dewevrei (De Wild.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 108 (1918).
  • Chamaeangis urostachya (Kraenzl.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 109 (1918).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi. West Tropical Africa Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaire. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cribb, P.J. & Carlsward, B.S. 2012. New combinations in Aerangis, Diaphananthe and Podangis (Orchidaceae, subtribe Angraecinae). Phytotaxa 71: 42–47. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.71.1.8 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 385 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Diaphananthe odoratissima. Accessed: 2023 Jan 1.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Diaphananthe odoratissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 1. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Diaphananthe odoratissima. 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 Jan 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Diaphananthe odoratissima. Published online. Accessed: 1 Jan 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Diaphananthe odoratissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Jan 2023.