Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria uhehensis Schltr.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 148 (1906)
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, DR Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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

  • Schltr. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 38: 148 (1906).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 16: 269 (1962).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 23, 2016 Osborne, J.; Mapoule, K. [JO 1009] Zambia K:SPC-78405.000 No
Mar 21, 1960 Stolz, A. [2455] K000415732 Type Yes
Richards, H.M. [12113] Tanzania K:SPC-05969.000 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. [11414] Tanzania K:SPC-40267.000 No
Richards, H.M. [8425] Tanzania K:SPC-05970.000 No
Richards, H.M. [15969] Zambia K:SPC-03823.000 No
Goetze, W. [672] Tanzania K000415731 Type Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1484] Tanzania K:SPC-01811.000 No
Robson, N.K. [1278] Malawi Habenaria modica K:SPC-01552.000 No
Richards, H.M. [4574] Zambia Habenaria modica K:SPC-01551.000 No
Pollitt, R. Zimbabwe Habenaria modica K:SPC-21682.000 No
Greatrex, F.C. [107] Zimbabwe Habenaria modica K000415720 Holotype Yes
Hall, A.V. [211] Zimbabwe Habenaria lurida K:SPC-25667.000 No
Aug 29, 1961 Stolz, A. [2586] Habenaria tenuifolia K000415729 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3856] Zambia Habenaria tenuifolia K:SPC-01611.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2156] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Habenaria tenuifolia K:SPC-48975.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3951] Zambia Habenaria tenuifolia K:SPC-01609.000 No
Schaijes, M. [1794] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Habenaria tenuifolia K:SPC-47512.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3956] Zambia Habenaria tenuifolia K:SPC-01610.000 No
Richards, H.M. [7769] Tanzania Habenaria tenuifolia K:SPC-20970.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8949] Tanzania Habenaria tenuifolia K:SPC-01612.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1674] Tanzania Habenaria tenuifolia K:SPC-03780.000 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