Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria cornuta Lindl.

First published in Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 208 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Hook., Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 208 (1837).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Lindl. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 208 (1837).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr.: 16 (1959).
  • Rolfe in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 5 (3): 132(1912).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 198 (1968).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 8: 576(1954).
  • Troupin in Explor. Pare Nat. Garamba 4: 251 (1956).
  • Tweedie in Journ. E.A. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 25 (1964).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 30, 2019 Bytebier, B. [3592] Zambia K001417579 No
Jan 24, 2019 Bytebier, B. [3568] Zambia K001417590 No
Jun 23, 2016 Osborne, J.; Mapoule, K. [JO 977] Zambia K:SPC-76893.000 No
Mar 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9495] Cameroon K000107210 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Drège, J.F. [4570] South Africa K000061940 Type Yes
Oct 12, 1961 Scott Elliot, G.F. [7923] Uganda K000415827 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 7, 1937 Stolz, A. [11 84] Tanzania K000415825 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 7, 1937 Stolz, A. [215] Tanzania K000415826 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10118] Tanzania K:SPC-19400.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [3660] Kenya K:SPC-06049.307 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8655B] Tanzania K:SPC-21724.000 No
Williamson, G. [368] Zambia K:SPC-33788.000 No
Richards, M. [1587] Zambia K:SPC-21726.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8655A] Tanzania K:SPC-21727.000 No
Greatrex, F.C. [50248] Zimbabwe K:SPC-01484.000 No
Bidgood, S., et al. [7765] Tanzania K000718653 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [2810] Zambia K:SPC-21723.000 No
King, D.E.S. [176] Nigeria K:SPC-27775.000 No
Richards, H.M. [12527] Zambia K:SPC-01485.000 No
Morze, G. [86] Zambia K:SPC-36581.000 No
King, D.E.S. [176] Nigeria K:SPC-01483.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1710] Tanzania K:SPC-23352.000 No
Richards, H.M. [7620] Tanzania K:SPC-05907.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8655] Tanzania K:SPC-01486.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [523] Kenya K:SPC-21722.000 No
Piers, F. Kenya K:SPC-21721.000 No
Richards, H.M. [12479] Zambia K:SPC-21725.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9547] Tanzania K:SPC-01487.000 No
Kassner, T. [2931] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Habenaria pristichila K000415837 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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  • 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