Holothrix cernua

Taxonavigation

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

Holothrix cernua (Burm.f.) Schelpe, Orchid Rev. 74: 394 (1966).

Basionym
- Orchis cernua Burm.f., Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 30 (1768).
Heterotypic
- Orchis hispidula L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 401 (1782).
- Orchis hispida Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 4 (1794), nom. illeg.
- Habenaria hispidula (L.f.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 312 (1810), comb. not made.
- Habenaria hispida A.Spreng., Tent. Suppl.: 27 (1828).
- Monotris secunda Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 20: t. 1701 (1834).
- Holothrix parvifolia Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 283 (1835), nom. superfl.
- Holothrix gracilis Lindl., Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 207 (1837).
- Holothrix harveyana Lindl., Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 206 (1837).
- Holothrix squamulosa Lindl., Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 206 (1837).
- Holothrix monotris Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 119 (1881).
- Holothrix squamulosa var. hirsuta Bolus, Trans. S. African Philos. Soc. 5(1): 114 (1888).
- Holothrix squamulosa var. scabra Bolus, Trans. S. African Philos. Soc. 5(1): 114 (1888).
- Holothrix hispidula (L.f.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 70 (1894).
- Holothrix squamulosa var. glabrata Bolus, Icon. Orchid. Austro-Afric. 3: t. 18 (1913).

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Cape Provinces. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 313 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Holothrix cernua. Accessed: 2023 Nov 8.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Holothrix cernua in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov 8. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Holothrix cernua. 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 Nov 8. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Holothrix cernua. Accessed: 8 Nov 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Holothrix cernua. Published online. Accessed: 8 Nov 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Holothrix cernua. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Nov 2023.