Orestias (Orchidaceae) elegans

Taxonavigation

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

Orestias elegans Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 197 (1887).

Not to be confused with the cyprionodontiform fish Orestias elegans.

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Gulf of Guinea Islands. 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.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 479 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Orestias elegans. Accessed: 2023 Dec 30.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Orestias elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Orestias elegans. 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 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. (Orestias elegans). Orestias elegans. Accessed: 30 Dec 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Orestias elegans. Published online. Accessed: 30 Dec 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Orestias elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Dec 2023.