Orchidaceae
Cynorkis

Cynorkis symoensii Geerinck & Tournay

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 47: 484 (1977)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. DR Congo to Malawi. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 14, 1985 La Croix [613] Malawi K000048675 Yes
Feb 22, 1978 Leedal, G.P. [2613] Tanzania K000048677 Yes
Feb 22, 1978 Pawek, J. [11153] Malawi K000048674 Yes
Dec 1, 1977 Symoens, J.J. [5368] Rwanda K000048679 Type No
Dec 1, 1977 Symoens, J.J. [5368] Rwanda K000048678 Type No
Bidgood, Sally; Congdon, T.C.E.; Lovett, J.; Msomba, Mulige; Shar, Rogathian,, M. [96] Tanzania K000048676 Yes
Bridson, D. [378] Rwanda K:SPC-43769.000 No
Bridson, Diane [378] Rwanda K000048681 Yes
Bamps [3098] Rwanda K000048680 Yes
Bridson, D. [378] Rwanda K:SPC-43773.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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