Orchidaceae
Malaxis

Malaxis katangensis Summerh.

First published in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 14: 221 (1951)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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 West Tropical Africa

  • in Bot. Mus. Leafi. Harv. Univ. 14: 221 (1951).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cribb in Kew Bulletin 32: 739 (1978).
  • Summerh. in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harv. Univ. 14: 221 (1951).
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 111, fig. 57/4 (1977).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Zambia 17326.025 No
Holmes, W.D. [0131], Zambia 21127.000 No
Watermeyer, A.M. [231], Tanzania 24111.000 No
King, D.E.S. [98], Nigeria 27090.000 No
Zambia 36634.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2155], Congo, DRC 49422.000 No
Hirschberg, C.W. [152], Congo, DRC K000242172 Unknown type material Yes

Sources

  • 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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0