Orchidaceae

Nervilia Comm. ex Gaudich.

First published in Voy. Uranie: 422 (1829), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Africa to Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Cape Verde

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 186 (as Pogonia Juss.). Nom. cons.
  • in Frey., Voyage, 421 (1829)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 267 (1984).
  • Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 1: 251 (1984).
  • Pettersson in Lindleyana 4: 33 (1989)
  • Summerhayes in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 206 (1968).
  • in Freycinet, Voyage Monde, Bot.: t. 35 (1827), 421 (1829) nom. conserv.
  • in Nordic J. Bot. 9: 487 (1990)
  • in Orchid Monogr. 5 (1991).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Schltr. in E.J. 45: 399–405 (1911)
  • Schltr. in E.J. 53: 550–555 (1915), nom. conserv.
  • in Freyc., Voy. Bot.: 421, t. 35 (1829)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • 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 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 2023. 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