Orchidaceae
Polystachya

Polystachya pamelae Eb.Fisch., Killmann & Nsanz.

First published in Orchidee (Hamburg) 59: 54 (2008)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. DR Congo to NW. Rwanda. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Rwanda, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Geerinck, D. (2011). Catalogue raisonné des Orchidaceae du Congo-Kinshasa, distribuées par districts phytogéographiques. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 32: 2-37.
  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2011). A monograph of the subtribe Polystachyinae Schltr. (Orchidaceae): 1-400. Fundacja Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Gdanskiego.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Geerinck, D. (2011). Catalogue raisonné des Orchidaceae du Congo-Kinshasa, distribuées par districts phytogéographiques. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 32: 2-37.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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