Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria bonateoides Ponsie

First published in S. African J. Bot. 73: 20 (2007)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to N. Tanzania. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Tanzania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ponsie, M.E., Edwards, T.J. & Johnson, S.D. (2007). Habenaria transvaalensis Schltr. and Habenaria bonateoides M.Ponsie (Orchidaceae), revised description and distributional records. South African Journal of Botany 73: 355-359.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mountford [4403], Kenya Bonatea tentaculifera 21060.000 Unknown type material No
Mountford [4403], Kenya Bonatea tentaculifera K000220022 Unknown type material Yes
Mountford [B4403], Kenya Bonatea tentaculifera K000079099 Unknown type material Yes

Sources

  • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0