Orchidaceae
Polystachya

Polystachya polychaete Kraenzl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 50 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda and NE. Tanzania. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 29: 1-41.
  • Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2011). A monograph of the subtribe Polystachyinae Schltr. (Orchidaceae): 1-400. Fundacja Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Gdanskiego.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2015). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 2: 1-300. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Cat. Talb. 146.
  • F.T.A. 7: 120
  • in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 17: 50 (1893)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Kraenzl. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 17: 50 (1893).
  • Kraenzl. in F. Fedde, Repertorium Speciorum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, Beih. 39: 38 (1926).
  • Piers., Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 134, fig. 47 (1968).
  • Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 120 (1897).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 223 (1968).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Jongkind, C.C.H. [9169] Liberia K000743752 Yes
Feb 12, 2004 Strijk, J.S. [95] Gabon K000743766 Yes
Mar 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2617] Cameroon K000107274 Yes
Mar 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [10337] Cameroon K000106988 Yes
Mar 1, 2001 Ryan, P. [273] Cameroon K000107248 Yes
Mar 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [210] Cameroon K000106884 Yes
Nov 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [2865] Cameroon K000105961 Yes
Nov 1, 2000 Cable, S. [3423] Cameroon K000105965 Yes
Nov 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [2629] Cameroon K000106029 Yes
Nov 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [2400] Cameroon K000105950 Yes
Mar 1, 1996 Etuge, M. [1331] Cameroon K000106051 Yes
Mar 1, 1996 Schoenenberger, J. [38] Cameroon K000027289 Yes
Mar 1, 1996 Williams, S. [226] Cameroon K000106066 Yes
May 1, 1994 Wheatley, J.I. [420 a] Cameroon K000107042 Yes
May 1, 1994 Lane, P. [17] Cameroon K000107036 Yes
Sep 1, 1969 Letouzey, R. [8855] Cameroon K000106761 Yes
Chase, M.W. [21887] K:SPC-78184.000 No
Zapfack, L. [978] Cameroon K001394652 Yes
Pollard, B.J. [210] Cameroon K:SPC-72393.000 No
Stevart; Pial [305] Cameroon K:SPC-71951.000 No
Etuge, M. [1501] Cameroon K000106053 Yes
Deistel, H. [89] Cameroon K000106759 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4391] Sierra Leone K:SPC-17046.000 No
Preuss P. R. [881] Cameroon K000106763 Type Yes
Harley, W.J. [2067] Liberia K:SPC-06039.000 No
Maitland, T.D. [731] Cameroon K000106760 Yes
Gregory, H. [59] Cameroon K000106758 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-17047.000 No
Keay, R.W.J. [37698] Cameroon K000106757 Yes
Beentje [1468] Cameroon K:SPC-47497.000 No
Gregory, H. Cameroon K:SPC-17043.000 No
Faulkner, H. [1754] Tanzania K:SPC-20058.000 No
Le Testu, G. [5921] Gabon K000242273 Type Yes
Biteau, P. [E v] Gabon K:SPC-71618.000 No
K:SPC-09155.000 No

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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    • © 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