Eulophia R.Br.

First published in Bot. Reg. 7: t. 573 (1821), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Central American Pacific Is., Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Seychelles

Introduced into:

Argentina Northwest, Cayman Is., Netherlands Antilles, Texas

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.491.1.5. epublication.
  • 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. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bot. Reg. t. 686 (1823)
  • F.T.A. 7: 47, 70. Nom. cons.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 180 (1833).
  • Hall in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 5: 1–248 (1965).
  • Hooker f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 1 (1891).
  • Otia Bot. Hamburg., part 1: 66 (1878)
  • Otia Bot. Hamburg., part 2: 116 (1881).
  • Reichenbach f. in Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 644 (1863)
  • Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 47 (1897).
  • Seidenfaden in Opera Bot. 72: 28 (1983), nom. conserv.
  • in Bot. Reg. 7: sub t. 573 (1821)
  • in Bot. Reg. 8: sub t. 686 (1823)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by B. Pettersson [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • 8, t. 686 (1823)
  • Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl.: 180 (1833)
  • Hall in S. Afr. Journ. Bot., Suppl. 5: 1–248 (1965)
  • Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 1 (1891)
  • Reichb.f. in Otia Bot. Hamb. 5: 66 (1878)
  • Reichb.f. in Otia Bot. Hamb. 6: 116 (1881)
  • Reichb.f. in Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 644 (1863)
  • Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 47 (1897)
  • Seidenfaden in Opera Bot. 72: 28 (1983), nom. conserv.
  • in Bot. Reg. 7, sub t. 573 (1821)

Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

  • Armstrong, A. Evolution: dryland orchid divergence. Nature Plants 1, (2015).
  • Cribb, P.J. & Polhill, R.M. Flora of Tropical East Africa, Orchidaceae (Part 3). 238 (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: 1989).
  • Hall, A.V. Studies of the South African species of Eulophia. South African Journal of Botany 5, 248 (1965).
  • Lindley, J. Original description of Eulophia. 7, (1821).
  • Martos, F., Johnson, S.D., Peter, C.I. & Bytebier, B. A molecular phylogeny reveals paraphyly of the large genus Eulophia (Orchidaceae): A case for the reinstatement of Orthochilus. Taxon 63, 9 - 23 (2014).
  • Stern, W.L. & Judd, W.S. Comparative anatomy and systematics of Catasetinae (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 136, 153 - 178 (2008).
  • Stern, W.L. & Judd, W.S. Systematic and comparative anatomy of Cymbidieae (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 139, 1 - 27 (2002).
  • Summerhayes, V.S. & Hall, A.V. The type species and conservation of the generic name Eulophia R.Br. ex Lindl. Taxon 11, pp. 201-203 (1962).

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection
  • Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
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