Eulophia zeyheri Hook.f.

First published in Bot. Mag. 119: t. 7330 (1893)
This name is a synonym of Eulophia mechowii

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising 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. [Cited as Eulophia mechowii.]
  • 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. [Cited as Eulophia mechowii.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Eulophia zeyheri.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Eulophia zeyheri.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Bot. Mag. 119: t. 7330 (1893).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. 119, sub t. 7330 (1893).
  • J. Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 780 (1974).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 188 (1968).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 247 (1968).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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