Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria myodes Summerh.

First published in Kew Bull. 16: 287 (1962)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Uganda to Zimbabwe, Arabian Peninsula. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malawi, Oman, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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 Kew Bulletin 16: 287, fig. 14 (1962).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 15, 1961 Greatrex, F.C. [27347] Zimbabwe K:SPC-21683.000 Type No
Mar 15, 1961 Greatrex, F.C. [27347] Zimbabwe K000415781 Holotype Yes
Mar 15, 1961 Greatrex, F.C. [27347] Zimbabwe K000415779 Type Yes
Mar 15, 1961 Greatrex, F.C. [27347] Zimbabwe K000415780 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9913A] Tanzania K:SPC-01553.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9770] Tanzania K:SPC-01554.000 No
Kenya K:SPC-32720.000 No
Ball, J.S. [536] Zimbabwe K:SPC-01555.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9913] Tanzania K:SPC-01556.000 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 Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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