Orchidaceae
Malaxis

Malaxis schliebenii (Mansf.) Summerh.

First published in Kew Bull. 6: 465 (1951 publ. 1952)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to Zambia. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cribb in Kew Bulletin 32: 739 (1978).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 6: 465 (1952).
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 110, fig. 57/2 (1977).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Holmes, W.D. [0185], Zambia 21134.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3890], Zambia 21135.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3791], Zambia 23186.000 No
Morze, G. [153], Zambia 29922.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [0185], Zambia 36558.000 No
Johnston-Stewart, N. [44], Malawi 45158.000 No
Williamson, G. [858], Zambia 900.058 No
Schlieben, H.J. [1848], Tanzania K000242173 isotype 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

  • 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