Orchidaceae
Eulophia

Eulophia guineensis Lindl.

First published in Bot. Reg. 8: t. 686 (1823)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cape Verde, Tropical Africa to Botswana, Arabian Peninsula. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Marrero, Á. & Almeida Pérez, R.S. (2013). Las orquídeas en Cabo Verde y redescubrimiento de Eulophia guineensis Lindl. (Orchidaceae) en la isla de Brava. Botánica Macaronésica 28: 63-70.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • 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. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 69, partly
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 444, partly (excl. syn. E. quartiniana A. Rich.).
  • in Bot. Reg. 8: t. 686 (1823)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Marrero, Á. & Almeida Pérez, R.S. (2013). Las orquídeas en Cabo Verde y redescubrimiento de Eulophia guineensis Lindl. (Orchidaceae) en la isla de Brava. Botánica Macaronésica 28: 63-70.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 8, t. 686 (1823).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 246 (1968).

Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

  • Lindley, J. Original description of Eulophia guineensis. 8, (1827).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Williamson, G. [607] Zambia K:SPC-27461.034 No
Germain, R. [7201] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-10862.000 No
Fulcher, T. [37985] K:SPC-78187.000 No
Ethiopia K:SPC-10861.000 No
Segerback, B. [1161] Nigeria K:SPC-37312.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-77915.000 No
Onochie, C. [33449] Nigeria K:SPC-00062.000 No
Ghana K:SPC-12794.000 No
Jaeger, P. [2638] Mali K000385968 Yes
Bone, R.E. [315] Zambia K001418336 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [5142] Sierra Leone K:SPC-12793.000 No
Echantillon [160] Burkina Faso K000385970 Yes
K:SPC-14809.000 No
Ghana K:SPC-10863.000 No
Jaeger, P. [2638] Mali K000385969 Yes
Cansdale, S.C. [02] Ghana K:SPC-12792.000 No
[SRGH.26350] Zimbabwe K:SPC-30232.000 No
Bowden, J.K. [156] Nigeria K:SPC-32958.000 No
Stolz, A. [1875] Tanzania K000078369 Type Yes
Santini, S. [1329] Uganda K000743756 Yes
Nigeria K:SPC-05694.000 No
van Setten, K. [128] K:SPC-64575.000 No
Ash [418] Ethiopia Eulophia quartiniana K:SPC-35356.000 No
Eulophia quartiniana K:SPC-22600.000 No
Benton, P.S. Oman Eulophia quartiniana K:SPC-39012.000 No
Oman Eulophia quartiniana K:SPC-42414.000 No
Collier, F.S.; Keay, R.W.J. [16210] Nigeria Eulophia quartiniana K:SPC-12821.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [3513] Tanzania Eulophia quartiniana K:SPC-00105.000 No
Eulophia quartiniana K:SPC-12823.000 No
Smith, G [501] Nigeria Eulophia quartiniana K:SPC-44103.000 No
Keay, R.W.J. [22904] Nigeria Eulophia quartiniana K:SPC-14601.000 No
Eulophia quartiniana K:SPC-12820.000 No
Ash [1618] Ethiopia Eulophia quartiniana K:SPC-35889.000 No
Zimbabwe Eulophia quartiniana K:SPC-12822.000 No

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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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