Orchidaceae
Malaxis

Malaxis maclaudii (Finet) Summerh.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 208 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to South Sudan and Zambia. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Zambia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 1934: 208.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7316] Cameroon K000106168 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [218] Cameroon K000106610 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [218] Cameroon K000106611 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Mbani, J., M. [99] Cameroon K000106612 Yes
Sanford, W.W. [6383] Nigeria K:SPC-32715.000 No
Jones, E.W. [225] Nigeria K:SPC-24113.000 No
Keay, R.W.J. [37122] Nigeria K:SPC-23184.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [255] Zambia K:SPC-75892.000 No
King, D.E.S. [103 A] Nigeria K:SPC-21129.000 No
Hirschberg, C.W. [111] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000242174 Type Yes
Nigeria K:SPC-24114.000 No
Westwood, D. [139] Ghana K:SPC-21130.000 No
Fay, J.M. [7236] Central African Republic K:SPC-49498.000 No
Fay, J.M. [7220] Central African Republic K:SPC-49109.000 No
Morze, G. [137B] Zambia Malaxis hirschbergii K:SPC-30109.000 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 West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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