Orchidaceae
Eulophia

Eulophia speciosa (R.Br.) Bolus

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 184 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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.
  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the 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.
  • Liltved, W.R. & Johnson, S.D. (2012). The Cape orchids. A regional monograph of the orchids of the Cape floristic region 2: 485-1022. Sandstone editions, Cape Town.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Liltved, W.R. & Johnson, S.D. (2012). The Cape orchids. A regional monograph of the orchids of the Cape floristic region 2: 485-1022. Sandstone editions, Cape Town.
  • 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: 127 (1965).
  • J. Stewart et al., Wild Orch. S. Afr.: 239 (1982).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 9, 2012 Heath, A.; R. [2157] Botswana K000718702 No
Dec 21, 2010 Heath, A.,, Heath, R. [1603] Botswana K000718038 No
Jan 1, 2005 Price, D.; Mhoro, B. [259] Tanzania K000453789 No
Jan 1, 1981 Macuacua, L. [1390] Mozambique K000453796 No
Jan 27, 1980 Kornas, J. [2826] Zambia K000453807 No
Sep 27, 1979 Wilde, J.J.F.E., de [424] Ethiopia K000453781 No
Sep 27, 1979 Wilde, J.J.F.E., de [6488] Ethiopia K000453780 No
Jun 8, 1978 Vollesen, K. [4855] Tanzania K000453790 No
Jan 1, 1975 Stauffer, H.U. [509] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000453795 No
Jan 1, 1975 Peters [s.n.] Mozambique K000078456 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Sapin, A. Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000078451 Type No
Jan 1, 1973 Homblé Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000078449 Type No
Apr 4, 1965 Thorncroft, G. [s.n.] South Africa K000453810 No
Jul 13, 1961 Culver [69] South Africa K000410498 Type Yes
Jul 6, 1961 Monteiro [s.n.] South Africa K000410497 Type Yes
Leach, L.C. [11320] Zimbabwe K000453800 No
Berman, J.D. South Africa K:SPC-37240.000 No
Smith, P.A. [1177] Botswana K000453803 No
Burger, W. [1934] Ethiopia K000453784 No
Morze, G. [20] Zambia K000453805 No
Simpson, N.D. [7087] Sudan K000453783 No
Bone, R.E.; Allen, Q. [336] Zambia K:SPC-78349.000 No
Paterson, A. [536] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-39661.000 No
Tweedie [2096] Kenya K000453787 No
Bone, R.E. [366] Zambia K001418359 No
Wakefield, T. Kenya K000078442 No
Archbold, M.E. [1043] Tanzania K:SPC-36683.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. [3545] Uganda K000453785 No
Stolz, A. [s.n.] Tanzania K000078447 Type Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [382] Ethiopia K000078440 Type Yes
Wakefield, T.; Grant [s.n.] Kenya K000078441 Type Yes
Congo, Republic of the K000078448 Type No
Hale, A.J. [177] Kenya K:SPC-37010.000 No
Troupin, G. [6614] Rwanda K000453793 No
Balsinhas, A. [3246] South Africa K000453809 No
Bone, R.E. [337] Zambia K001418357 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [8526 and 8511] Malawi K000078455 Type Yes
Tanzania K000078445 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [21826] South Africa K000453808 No
Verdick, E. Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000078453 No
Harris, B.J.; Pocs, S.; Tadros, T.M. [4372] Tanzania K000453791 No
Luke, Q.; Luke, P. [12929] Tanzania K000395929 No
Williamson, G. [634] Zambia K:SPC-01800.039 No
Eyles, F. [8530] Zimbabwe K:SPC-10913.000 No
Lovett, J. [1143] Tanzania K000453792 No
Drummond, R.B. [4620] Uganda K000453786 No
Musyoki, B.M.; Hansen, O.J. [979] Kenya K000453788 No
K:SPC-12837.000 No
Smith, P.A. [1202] Botswana K000453802 No
Bone, R.E.; Merrett, L.. [389] Zambia K:SPC-76847.000 No
Volkens, G. Tanzania K000078444 Type No
Rodrigues, J.E.; Pereira, A.; Marques, A.; Balsinhas, A. [289] Mozambique K000453797 No
Dehn, G. [5] Zimbabwe X000000366 Unknown Type Material No
Lewalle, J. [1161] Burundi K000453782 No
Leach, L.C.; Chase, N.C. [10533] Zimbabwe K000453801 No
Kirk, Dr. [s.n.] Mozambique K000078454 Type Yes
Homblé Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000078452 Type No
Tanzania K000078446 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10408] Tanzania K:SPC-36802.000 No
Sapin, A. Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000078450 Type No
Williamson, G. [634] Zambia K:SPC-01800.390 No
Archbold, M.E. [1079] Tanzania K:SPC-36670.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2006] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000453794 No
Rogers, F.A. [7467] Zambia K000453806 No
Archbold, M.E. [1049] Tanzania K:SPC-03360.004 No
Carvalho, M.F., de [456] Mozambique K000453799 No
Harris, T. [463] Mozambique K000613899 No
Pettersson, B. [308] Malawi K000453798 No
Tanner, L. [150] Tanzania K:SPC-37590.000 No
Burger, W. [1934] Ethiopia K000453779 No
van der Laan, F.M. [23] K:SPC-70000.085 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10407] Tanzania K:SPC-37011.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [5988] Saudi Arabia K000453778 No
Smith, P.A. [2513] Botswana K000453804 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [8266] Malawi K000078457 Type Yes
Ash [759] Ethiopia Eulophia volkensii K:SPC-36357.000 No
Polhill, R.M.; Paulo, S. [1057] Tanzania Eulophia volkensii K:SPC-25288.000 No
Piers, F. Kenya Eulophia volkensii K:SPC-12829.000 No
Ash [945] Ethiopia Eulophia volkensii K:SPC-36325.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [1191] Kenya Eulophia wakefieldii K:SPC-29755.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4620] Uganda Eulophia wakefieldii K:SPC-12830.000 No
Tanzania Eulophia wakefieldii K:SPC-29786.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [871] Kenya Eulophia wakefieldii K:SPC-00130.000 No
Greenway, P.J. [E.A.H. 12454] Tanzania Eulophia wakefieldii K:SPC-30990.000 No
Richards, H.M. [13592 A] Zambia Eulophia wakefieldii K:SPC-00132.000 No
Watermeyer, A.M. [209] Tanzania Eulophia wakefieldii K:SPC-00131.000 No
Richards, H.M. [2155] Zambia Eulophia wakefieldii K:SPC-29406.000 No
Napper, D. [1594] Kenya Eulophia wakefieldii K:SPC-03112.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2006] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Eulophia wakefieldii K:SPC-47377.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [052] Zambia Eulophia wakefieldii K:SPC-10932.000 No
Morze, G. [20] Zambia Eulophia wakefieldii K:SPC-29707.000 No
Copley, H. [83] Kenya Eulophia wakefieldii K:SPC-14845.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [86234] Cymbidium giganteum K:SPC-74851.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [3867] Zambia Eulophia caloptera K:SPC-02980.000 No
Jackson, G. [684] Malawi Eulophia brevisepala K001590827 Yes
Richards, H.M. [6827] Zambia Eulophia brevisepala K:SPC-10809.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [1413] Zambia Eulophia brevisepala K:SPC-12750.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7929] Tanzania Eulophia brevisepala K:SPC-12751.000 No

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • 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
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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

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