Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria thomana Rchb.f.

First published in Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 97 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Gulf of Guinea Islands, SW. Cameroon. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Is.

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Droissart, V., Sonké, B. & Stévart, T. (2006). Les Orchidaceae endémiques d' Afrique centrale atlantique présentes au Cameroon. Systematics and Geography of Plants 76: 3-84.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Droissart, V., Sonké, B. & Stévart, T. (2006). Les Orchidaceae endémiques d' Afrique centrale atlantique présentes au Cameroon. Systematics and Geography of Plants 76: 3-84.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [7864] Cameroon K000106046 Yes
Mar 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7807] Cameroon K000106049 Yes
May 1, 1994 Balding, S.; Sivell D. [15] Cameroon K000107273 Yes
Apr 1, 1994 Cable, S. [28] Cameroon K000106470 Yes
Cable, S. [3421] Cameroon K000106015 Yes
Mann, G. [s.n.] Sao Tome and Principe K000415678 Type Yes
Cable, S. [52] Cameroon K000106469 Yes
Kwangue, A. [123] Cameroon K000106468 Yes
Cable, S. [3610] Cameroon K000027288 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [10617] Cameroon K000106471 Yes
Kwangue, A. [123] Cameroon K000106467 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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