Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria malacophylla Rchb.f.

First published in Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 97 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, S. Arabian Peninsula. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting 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.
  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 230.
  • Otia Bot. Hamburg. 97 (1881)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 27, 2019 Osborne, J. [JO1430] Mozambique K000569785 Yes
Feb 27, 2019 Osborne, J. [JO1430] Mozambique K:SPC-78776.000 No
Jan 1, 1992 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [300] Cameroon K000106494 Yes
Aug 7, 1961 Stolz, A. [2582] Tanzania K000415718 Type Yes
Aug 7, 1961 Stolz, A. [2582] Tanzania K000415717 Type Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [9601] Malawi K:SPC-25694.178 No
Daramola, B., O. [FHI 41572] Cameroon K000106491 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5166] Mozambique K000613546 Yes
Hutton, H. [45] South Africa K000415925 Type Yes
Chase, N.C. [4403] Zimbabwe K:SPC-21675.000 No
Dundas J. [15309] Cameroon K000106495 Yes
Friis, I., et al. [13465] Ethiopia K000970057 Yes
Holst, C. [528] Tanzania K000415719 Unknown Type Material Yes
Etuge, M.; Pollard; Amy; Richard; Angella; Cecilia [3532] Cameroon K001518165 Yes
Zapfack, L.; Songwa. D. [1171] Cameroon K001518166 Yes
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C.; Mwasumbi, L. [11384] Tanzania K:SPC-40240.000 No
Ball, J.S. [635] Zimbabwe K:SPC-01546.000 No
Bidgood, S., et al. [6470] Tanzania K000718643 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2710] Tanzania K:SPC-05938.000 No
Barber, M.E.; Bowker, J.H. [s.n.] South Africa K000415924 Type Yes
Ball, J.S. [767A] Uganda K:SPC-01544.000 No
Brummitt, R.K. [9592] Malawi K:SPC-52543.000 No
Philcox, D. [8978] Zimbabwe K:SPC-43028.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1812] Tanzania K:SPC-01792.000 No
Thomas, D.W. [9211] Cameroon K000106506 Yes
Clark, A.O. [32906] Zimbabwe K:SPC-01545.000 No
Germain, R. [3638] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-01547.000 No
Thomas, D.W. [9211] Cameroon K000106492 Yes
Wild, H. [4533] Zimbabwe K:SPC-01543.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

    • '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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images