Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria ndiana Rendle

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 393 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Tropical Africa to Malawi. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda

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

  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr.: 22 (1959).
  • Rendle in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 30: 393 (1895).
  • Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 239 (1898).
  • Tweedie in Journ. E.A. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 27 (1964).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Scott Elliot, G.F. [7198] Uganda K000415783 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [471] Kenya K:SPC-01557.000 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

    • '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