Orchidaceae
Eurychone

Eurychone rothschildiana (O'Brien) Schltr.

First published in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 135 (1918)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cabinda, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.
  • 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 Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, 2: 135 (1918).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Moreau in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 17: 22 (1943).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 270 (1968).
  • Schltr. in Beih. Bot. Centr. 36: 135 (1918).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 461 (1936).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 270 (1968).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2006 Etuge, M. [5224], Cameroon K000582201 No
Nov 22, 2002 Hermans, J. [6518] 70290.000 No
Mar 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [970], Cameroon K000106992 No
Louis, J. [8370], Congo, DRC 10303.000 No
10304.000 No
Westwood, D. [115], Ghana 10501.000 No
13612.000 No
Jones, A.P.D. [18948], Nigeria 13613.000 No
Burgess, J.A., Uganda 14320.000 No
King, D.E.S. [196], Nigeria 25359.000 No
Nigeria 3155.000 No
3156.000 No
Segerback, B. [1233], Nigeria 37284.000 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0