Orchidaceae
Platycoryne

Platycoryne ambigua (Kraenzl.) Summerh.

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 33: t. 3239 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Tanzania

Synonyms

Homotypic 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

  • Summerh. in Hook., Ic. Pl. 33, t. 3239 (1934)
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 13: 62 (1958).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 9, 1962 Hannington, J. [s.n.] Tanzania K000319965 Yes
Jul 5, 1957 Goetze, W. [700] Tanzania K000415973 Type Yes
Lewis, B.A. [1396] Tanzania K:SPC-60273.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1372] Tanzania K:SPC-23353.000 No
Burtt, B.D. [4621] Tanzania K000319961 Yes
Lloyd, H.M. [65] Tanzania K000319962 Yes
Lloyd, H.M. [41] Tanzania K000319964 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5061] Tanzania K000319960 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5061] Tanzania K000319959 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [4621] Tanzania K000319963 Yes
Polhill; Paulo, S. [1372] Tanzania K000319966 Yes
Lewis, B.A. [1396] Tanzania K000319967 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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 2026. 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 2026. 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