Orchidaceae
Polystachya

Polystachya bicarinata Rendle

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38: 236 (1908)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central & E. Tropical Africa. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte or geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2011). A monograph of the subtribe Polystachyinae Schltr. (Orchidaceae): 1-400. Fundacja Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Gdanskiego.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2015). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 2: 1-300. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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

  • Rendle in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 38: 236 (1908).
  • Robyns & Tournay, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert. 3: 479 (1955).
  • Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 766, fig. (1974).
  • Summerh. in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harv. Univ. 10: 290 (1942).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Tanner, L. [166] Tanzania K:SPC-38748.000 No
Baker, R. Cameroon K:SPC-48552.000 No
K:SPC-17026.000 No
Mildbraed, J. [1495] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000242346 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kenya K:SPC-23928.000 No
Napier, E.R. [6011] Kenya K:SPC-09080.000 No
Danahy, P. Burundi K:SPC-45371.000 No

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

    • 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