Eulophia clitellifera (Rchb.f.) Bolus

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 184 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cape Provinces, Congo, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • 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

  • Bolus in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 25: 184 (1889).
  • Hall in Journ. S. Afr. Bot., Suppl. 5: 117 (1965).
  • J. Stewart et al., Wild Orch. S. Afr.: 238 (1982).
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 168 (1977).

Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

  • Cribb, P., Gautier, L., Trigui, S. & Nusbaumer, L. Two new records of Orchidaceae from Madagascar, with an updated list of species shared with continental Africa. Candollea; Organe du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève. Geneva 66,
  • Reichenbach, H.G. Original description of Eulophia clitellifera. 25, (1889).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 30, 2005 Dehn, G. [434] Zimbabwe X000000365 Unknown Type Material No
Jan 1, 2005 Roberts, D.; Du Puy, D.; Cribb, P.; Britt, A.; Ranarivelo, T.; Rajaovelona, L. [TPPO 79] Madagascar K:SPC-73732.000 No
Jan 1, 1975 Fries, R.E. Zambia K000078464 Type Yes
Jul 7, 1961 Rolfe, R.A. [5819] South Africa K000410502 Type Yes
Mar 26, 1952 Scott Elliot, G.F. [8126] Ethiopia K000078465 Type Yes
Greenway, P. [8081] Zambia K:SPC-29726.000 No
Wild, G.H. [1327] Zimbabwe K:SPC-14806.000 No
Greatrex, F.C. [24936] Zimbabwe K:SPC-10825.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [3442] Zambia K:SPC-33279.000 No
Morze, G. [92] Zambia K:SPC-29750.000 No
Williamson, G. [314] Zambia K:SPC-07319.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [2884] Zambia K:SPC-00032.000 No
Stirton; Cribb [10639] South Africa K:SPC-44933.000 No
DuPuy, B.; et al. [MB 439] Madagascar K:SPC-63728.000 No
Morze, G. [92] Zambia K:SPC-29660.000 No
Dupuy, D.J. [M 625] Madagascar K:SPC-63730.000 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [1592] Zambia Eulophia fractiflexa K:SPC-00056.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [2426] Zambia Eulophia fractiflexa K:SPC-00057.000 No
Hirschberg Congo, Democratic Republic of the Eulophia hirschbergii K000078467 Type No
Hirschberg, C.W. [188] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Eulophia hirschbergii K000078466 Type Yes

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  • Flora Zambesiaca

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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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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