Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria praestans Rendle

First published in J. Bot. 33: 203 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Rendle in Journal of Botany 33: 293 (1895).
  • Robyns & Tournay, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert. 3: 440, fig. 26 (1955).
  • Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 225 (1898).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 27, 1960 Stolz, A. [2533] Tanzania K000415696 Type Yes
Mwangoka, M.A.; Kidanka, J. [5188] Tanzania K000395694 Yes
[13912] Zambia K:SPC-36511.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3679] Zambia K:SPC-05950.000 No
Paterson, K.R. [M10] Zambia K:SPC-21696.000 No
Richards, H.M. [12191] Tanzania K:SPC-21699.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [4372] Zambia K:SPC-18503.000 No
Richards, H.M. [14247] Tanzania K:SPC-01578.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [0191] Zambia K:SPC-17303.000 No
Milton, O. [49] Tanzania K:SPC-01579.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3710A] Zambia K:SPC-21697.000 No
Brummitt, R.K. [8869] Malawi K:SPC-25694.148 No
Norlindh, T.; Weimarck, H. [4816] Zimbabwe K:SPC-21698.000 No
Williamson, G. [818] Zambia K:SPC-33997.000 No
Cribb, A.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10593] Tanzania K:SPC-36725.000 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [7808] Uganda K000415695 Type Yes
Schaijes, M. [2774] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-50397.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [0223] Malawi K:SPC-05952.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [6041] Zambia K:SPC-34360.000 No
Williamson, G. [761] Zambia K:SPC-33981.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8968] Tanzania K:SPC-05951.000 No
Richards, H.M. [4131] Zambia K:SPC-17300.000 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