Habenaria retinervis Summerh.

First published in Kew Bull. 16: 291 (1962)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

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: 291, fig. 15 (1962).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 21, 2019 Wightman, N.; Kabinda, I.; Ngoma, N. [NcW139] Zambia K001417554 Yes
Jun 22, 2016 Osborne, J.; Mapoule, K. [JO 995] Zambia K:SPC-78404.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3805B] Zambia K:SPC-01584.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8890] Tanzania K:SPC-01586.000 No
Zambia K:SPC-36493.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3805A] Zambia K:SPC-21700.000 No
Morze, G. [530] Zambia K:SPC-36575.000 No
Schaijes, M. [1828] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-47564.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [0193] Zambia K:SPC-21701.000 No
Zambia K:SPC-36517.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2171] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-48983.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [0192] Zambia K:SPC-21702.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3805] Zambia K000415789 Holotype Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3805] Zambia K:SPC-01587.000 Type No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3862] Zambia K:SPC-01585.000 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 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