Porpax repens

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Podochileae
Subtribus: Eriinae
Genus: Porpax
Species: Porpax repens

Porpax repens (Rolfe) (Wight) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 186: 200 (2018)

Basionym
- Polystachya repens Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 132 (1912)
Homotypic
- Stolzia repens (Rolfe) Summerh., Kew Bull. 8: 141 (1953)

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Zaïre.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Sudan.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Schuiteman, A., Ng, Y.P. & Pedersen, H.A. 2018. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 186: 200.

Droissart, V., Simo, M., Sonké, B., Cawoy, V. & Stévart, T. (2009) Le genre Stolzia (Orchidaceae) en Afrique centrale avec deux nouveaux taxons. Adansonia, III, 31: 25–40.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Porpax repens. Accessed: 2022 Sep 6.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Porpax repens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 6. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Porpax repens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Porpax repens. Published online. Accessed: 6 Sep 2022.

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