Orchidaceae
Diaphananthe

Diaphananthe lorifolia Summerh.

First published in Kew Bull. 14: 235 (1956)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Rwanda and Tanzania. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Delepierre, G. & Lebel, J.-P. (2004). Supplément à l'étude des Orchidaceae du Rwanda (VI). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 13: 16-18.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Delepierre, G. & Lebel, J.-P. (2004). Supplément à l'étude des Orchidaceae du Rwanda (VI). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 13: 16-18.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • J. Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 788 (1974).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 266 (1968).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 11: 235 (1956).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 5, 1981 Cribb, P.J.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10363] Tanzania K000317094 No
Aug 25, 1955 Schlieben, H.J. [3001] Tanzania K000317096 No
Aug 25, 1955 Gray, M. [98] Kenya K000317099 No
Aug 25, 1955 Snowdon, J.D. [969] Kenya K000317105 No
Aug 25, 1955 Schlieben, H.J. [3001] Tanzania K000317095 No
Aug 25, 1955 s.coll. [171] Kenya K000317103 No
Aug 25, 1955 Snowdon, J.D. [969] Kenya K000317104 No
Aug 25, 1955 Copley, H.; Bally, P.R.O. [409] Kenya K000317098 Yes
Aug 25, 1955 Williams, G.R.; Piers, F. [617] Kenya K000317101 No
Aug 25, 1955 Tweedie, E.M. [588] Kenya K000317102 No
Aug 25, 1955 Gardner, H.M. [3625] Kenya K000306302 Holotype Yes
Aug 25, 1955 Andrews, F.W. [2022] Sudan K000317106 Yes
Tanner, L. [259] Tanzania K000317097 No
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [75] Sudan K000317107 No
Mwasumbi, L.B.; Rodgers, A.; Hall, J. [12482] Tanzania K000317108 No
Mwasumbi, L.B.; Rodgers, A.; Hall, J. [12482] Tanzania K000317109 No
Saska, L. [92] Tanzania K:SPC-14136.000 No
Copley, H. [57] Kenya K000317100 No
Tweedie, E.M. [588] Kenya K:SPC-08280.000 No
Copley, H. [57] Kenya K:SPC-10273.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0