Orchidaceae
Nervilia

Nervilia shirensis (Rolfe) Schltr.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 403 (1911)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Chad to S. Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Central African Repu, Chad, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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 45: 403 (1911).
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 143 (1977).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 5, 2019 Bytebier, B. [3581] Zambia K001417587 No
Jan 1, 1991 Buchanan [317] Malawi K000306660 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Buchanan, J. [1342] Malawi K000306663 Holotype Yes
Bingham, M.G. [12834] Zambia K000395790 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7854] Tanzania K:SPC-21455.000 No
Chase [15224] K:SPC-71752.000 No
Wild, H. [Gov. Herb. 1] Zimbabwe K:SPC-30457.000 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [8140] Zambia K:SPC-30927.000 No
la Croix, I. [207] Malawi K:SPC-46711.000 No
Richards, H.M. [2359] Zambia K:SPC-30092.000 No
Wild, H. [S.R.G.H. 220] Zimbabwe K:SPC-29324.000 No
Richards, H.M. [2347] Zambia K:SPC-23193.000 No
Richards, H.M. [6984] Zambia K:SPC-18576.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2446] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-50127.000 No
Walter, B.M.T., et al. [4113A] Brazil K000395773 Yes
La Croix [363] Malawi K:SPC-46712.000 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

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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