Polystachya ottoniana

Polystachya ottoniana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Polystachyinae
Genus: Polystachya
Species: Polystachya ottoniana

Name

Polystachya ottoniana Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 11: 249 (1855)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Dendrorkis ottoniana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Pleurothallis capensis (Sond. ex Harv.) Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 9: 44 (1859)
  • Polystachya capensis Sond. ex Harv., Thes. Cap. 2: 51 (1863)
  • Dendrorkis capensis (Sond. ex Harv.)Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891)
  • Polystachya glaberrima Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 11 (1895)
  • Polystachya pisobulbon Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 397 (1912)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa South Tropical Africa Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Reichenbach, H.G. 1855. Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 11: 249.

Additional references

• Russell, A., Samuel, M.R., Rupp, B., Barfuss, M.H.J., Šafran, M., Besendorfer, V. & Chase, M.W. 2010. Phylogenetics and cytology of a pantropical orchid genus Polystachya (Polystachyinae, Vandeae, Orchidaceae): Evidence from plastid DNA sequence data. Taxon 59(2): 389–404. DOI: 10.1002/tax.592005 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Polystachya ottoniana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 April 8. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Polystachya ottoniana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 April 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Polystachya ottoniana. Published online. Accessed: 8 April 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Polystachya ottoniana in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 April 8.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Polystachya ottoniana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 April 2019.

Vernacular names

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