Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria altior Rendle

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 394 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Tanzania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Rendle in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 30: 394 (1895).
  • Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 245 (1898).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 16: 273(1962).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 12, 1961 Tweedie [1266] Kenya K000284994 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Haarer, A.E. [549] Tanzania K000382511 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Tweedie [727] Kenya K000284997 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Rob; E; Fries, T.C.E. [306] Kenya K000382509 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Dale, I.R. [3447] Kenya K000284993 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Bickford, N. [7764] Kenya K000284998 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Ramsden, J.; Napier, E.R. [1539] Kenya K000285000 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Tweedie [617] Kenya K000284996 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Graham, R.M. [3736] Kenya K000284999 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Graham, R.M. [373603] Kenya K000382504 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Graham, R.M. [1031] Kenya K000382505 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Whittall, E. [70] Kenya K000382506 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Mainwaring, D.C. [6001] Kenya K000382508 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Thomson, J. Kenya K000415735 Type Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Bally, P.R.O. [2244] Tanzania K000382513 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K000284995 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Mainwaring, D.C. [6000] Kenya K000382507 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Johnston, H.H. [159] Tanzania K000415736 Holotype Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Ivens, G.W. [1066] Tanzania K000382514 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Copley, H. [121] Kenya K000382510 Yes
Feb 17, 1961 Burtt, B.D. [3209] Tanzania K000382515 Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [3829] Kenya K:SPC-36674.000 No
Tweedie; Greisback [3829] Kenya K000382501 Yes
Copley, H. [121] Kenya K:SPC-17254.000 No
Taylor, W.E. [s.n.] Tanzania K000382512 Yes
Prins, F. [s.n.] Kenya K000382502 Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [727] Kenya K:SPC-01471.000 No
Prins, F. [s.n.] Kenya K000382503 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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