Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria helicoplectrum Summerh.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 379 (1931)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Tanzania. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania

Synonyms

Homotypic 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

  • Summerh. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1931: 379 (1931).
  • Tweedie in Journ. E.A. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 26 (1964).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 10, 1982 Friis, I.; Mesfin; Vollesen, K.B.; Tadesse, M. [3003] Ethiopia K000382540 Yes
Ash [2467] Ethiopia K000382539 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13137] Kenya K000382538 Yes
Haarer [1435A] Tanzania K000415866 Type Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13137] Kenya K:SPC-01510.000 No
Carter; Abdallah; Newton [2237] Tanzania K000382531 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [2384] Tanzania K:SPC-25008.000 No
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A. [518] Kenya K000382533 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [1969] Kenya K000382535 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Sebsebe, D. [8600] Ethiopia K000382532 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [506] Kenya K000382537 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [3718] Kenya K000382536 Yes
Leakey, L.S.B. [11667] Kenya K000382534 Yes
Polhill, R.M.; Paulo, S. [2384] Tanzania K000382541 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