Eulophia subulata Rendle

First published in J. Bot. 33: 167 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Tropical Africa to Angola. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Geerinck, D. (2005). La Problématique taxonomique du complexe Eulophia abyssinica Reichb. f., E. aurantiaca Rolfe, E. carsonii Rolfe, E. euantha Schltr., E. subulata Rendle, E. thomsonii Rolfe, E. Welwitschii (Reichb. f.) Rendle, E. zeyheri Hook. f. (Orchidaceae) en Afrique. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 16: 1-11.
  • 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

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Geerinck, D. (2005). La Problématique taxonomique du complexe Eulophia abyssinica Reichb. f., E. aurantiaca Rolfe, E. carsonii Rolfe, E. euantha Schltr., E. subulata Rendle, E. thomsonii Rolfe, E. Welwitschii (Reichb. f.) Rendle, E. zeyheri Hook. f. (Orchidaceae) en Afrique. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 16: 1-11.
  • 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

  • J. Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 782 (1974).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 186 (1968).
  • Rendle in Journal of Botany 33: 167 (1895).

Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

  • Rendle, A.B. Original description of Eulophia subulata. 33, (1885).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Liben, L. [704] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-00124.000 No
Pfennig [1248] Uganda K:SPC-43877.000 No
Harris, D.J. [3080] Congo, Republic of the K:SPC-56614.000 No
Germain, R. [3678] Rwanda K:SPC-00123.000 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [7417] Uganda K000410218 Unknown Type Material Yes
Troupin, G. [3053] Rwanda K:SPC-00125.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • '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