Polystachya cultriformis

Taxonavigation

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

Polystachya cultriformis (Thouars) Lindl. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 742 (1826)

Basionym
- Dendrobium cultriforme Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 87 (1822)
Homotypic
- Polystachya cultrata Lindl., Bot. Reg. 10: t. 851 (1925), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Polystachya gerrardii Harv., Thes. Cap. 2: 49 (1863)
- Polystachya cultriformis var. nana S.Moore in J.G.Baker, Fl. Mauritius: 362 (1877)
- Polystachya cultriformis var. humblotii Rchb.f., Flora 68: 379 (1885)
- Polystachya cultriformis var. alba Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 190 (1895)
- Polystachya cultriformis var. erubescens Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 190 (1895)
- Polystachya kirkii Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 283 (1895)
- Dendrorkis appendiculata (Kraenzl.) Kuntze, Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 21: 173 (1903)
- Polystachya appendiculata Kraenzl., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 238 (1903)
- Polystachya lujae De Wild., Pl. Nov. Horti Then.: t. 18 (1904)
- Polystachya cultriformis var. africana Schltr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 20 (1924)
- Polystachya cultriformis var. autogama Schltr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 20 (1924)
- Polystachya coelogynochila Kraenzl., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 292 (1926)
- Polystachya cultriformis var. occidentalis Kraenzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 39: 119 (1926)

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, TanzanIsle, Uganda.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Sudan.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cameroon, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Polystachya cultriformis. Accessed: 2021 Aug 19.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Polystachya cultriformis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 19. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Polystachya cultriformis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Polystachya cultriformis. 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 Aug 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Polystachya cultriformis. Published online. Accessed: 19 Aug 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Polystachya cultriformis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Aug 2021.

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