Eulophia caricifolia (Rchb.f.) Summerh.

First published in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 444 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedberg, I., Friis, I. & Persson, E. (2009). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 1: 1-305. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 29: 1-41.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 444 (1936).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Summerh. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1936: 225 (1936)
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 444 (1936)
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 249 (1968).

Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

  • Reichenbach, H.G. Original description of Eulophia caricifolia. 2, (1936).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 22, 2019 Bytebier, B. [3561] Zambia K001417596 Yes
Mar 4, 1958 Wilson; Bents, F., Grant [23] Uganda K000078528 Type Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4657] Uganda K:SPC-10813.000 No
Vogel [8] Liberia K000078527 Type Yes
Luke, W. R. W.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S. [17759] Uganda K001598546 Yes
Schaijes, M. [2097] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-52357.000 No
Williamson, G. [399] Zambia K000078529 No
Williamson, G. [399] Zambia K000078531 Type No
Williamson, G. [399] Zambia K000078530 Holotype Yes
Germain, R. [8527] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-10814.000 No
Harley, W.J. [2155] Liberia K:SPC-10815.000 No
Harris, D.J.; et al. [3180] Congo, Republic of the K:SPC-56616.000 No
Vogel [s.n.] Liberia K000078526 Type Yes
Fay, J.M. [6605] Central African Republic K:SPC-48621.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3204] Zambia Eulophia antennisepala K:SPC-10796.000 No
Warmough, R.H. [213] Zambia Eulophia antennisepala K:SPC-12747.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2064] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Eulophia antennisepala K:SPC-48963.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [087] Zambia Eulophia antennisepala K:SPC-10797.000 No
Richards, H.M. [16977] Zambia Eulophia antennisepala K:SPC-26801.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [5919] Zambia Eulophia antennisepala K:SPC-36523.000 No
Schaijes, M. [1123] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Eulophia antennisepala K:SPC-47352.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Cookson, A.J. [6313] Zambia Eulophia antennisepala K:SPC-00009.000 No
Williamson, G. [660] Zambia Eulophia antennisepala K:SPC-33801.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [4053] Zambia Eulophia antennisepala K:SPC-05697.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3154] Zambia Eulophia antennisepala K:SPC-00008.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2094] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Eulophia mweruensis K:SPC-52359.000 No

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