Orchidaceae
Malaxis

Malaxis prorepens (Kraenzl.) Summerh.

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

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Repu, Ethiopia, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2015). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 2: 1-300. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cribb in Kew Bulletin 32: 740 (1978).
  • Summerh. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1934: 208 (1934)
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 211 (1968).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1994 Doumenge, C. [461], Cameroon K000106617 No
King, D.E.S. [117], Nigeria 21132.000 No
Jones, E.W. [168], Nigeria 24116.000 No
Jannerup, P.L. [0207], Tanzania 71163.000 No
Cribb, P. [10033], Tanzania Malaxis katochilos 35992.000 No
Polhill, R. [4720], Tanzania Malaxis katochilos 38495.000 No

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

  • 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