Polystachya cultriformis (Thouars) Lindl. ex Spreng.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 742 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bernet, P. (2010). Orchidées de la Réunion: 1-368. Naturae Amici éditions.
  • Cribb, P., Hermans, J. & Rakotoarinivo, M. (2009). Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar: 1-456. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hermans, J., Cribb, P.J. & Pailler, T. (2023). Flore des Mascareignes 170(2): 1-511. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Syst. Veg. 3: 742 (1826).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2011). A monograph of the subtribe Polystachyinae Schltr. (Orchidaceae): 1-400. Fundacja Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Gdanskiego.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Kraenzl. in F. Fedde, Repertorium Speciorum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, Beih. 39: 118 (1926).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 122 (1968).
  • Sprengel in Syst. Veg. 3: 742 (1826).
  • Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 766, fig. (1974).
  • Summerh. in Bot. Leafl. Harv. Univ. 10: 289 (1942)
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 225 (1968).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 8: 139 (1953)
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 126, fig. 65/21 (1977).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 29, 2010 Ramandimbimanana, S.D., et al. [SDR 057] Madagascar K000395680 Yes
Aug 27, 2009 Razanajatovo, M.H., et al. [MHR 144] Madagascar K000395711 Yes
Aug 27, 2009 Trigui, S.M., et al. [259] Madagascar K000395712 Yes
Dec 1, 2008 Simo, P. [221] Cameroon K000580395 Yes
Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [2238] Cameroon K000518657 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J.; Etuge, M. [575] Cameroon K:SPC-77350.000 No
Mar 1, 2002 Nwaga, D. [14] Cameroon K000027294 Yes
Mar 1, 2001 Kenfack, D. [333] Cameroon K000107265 Yes
Mar 1, 2001 Kenfack, D. [333] Cameroon K:SPC-77431.000 No
Nov 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [2196] Cameroon K000105927 Yes
Nov 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [1943] Cameroon K000105966 Yes
Aug 1, 1999 Gosline, G. [74] Cameroon K000107025 Yes
Aug 1, 1999 Biye, E. [43] Cameroon K000107031 Yes
Aug 1, 1999 Etuge, M. [4038] Cameroon K000107030 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Labat, J.-N., et al. [2957] Madagascar K000395932 Yes
May 1, 1994 Lane, P. [74] Cameroon K000107045 Yes
K:SPC-11305.000 No
Jack, C. Kenya K:SPC-09101.000 No
Bidgood; Vollesen; et al. [543] Tanzania K:SPC-53269.000 No
Cameroon K:SPC-09096.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [556] Kenya K:SPC-09094.000 No
Tanzania K:SPC-07271.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2097] Tanzania K:SPC-11301.000 No
Pollock, H.W.D. [520] Tanzania K:SPC-09103.000 No
Greenwood, T.V. Tanzania K:SPC-11300.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1382] Tanzania K:SPC-09093.000 No
Madagascar K:SPC-06004.000 No
Tanzania K:SPC-30094.000 No
Paine Kenya K:SPC-09095.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [5086] K:SPC-29170.000 No
Polhill, R.M. [4764] Kenya K:SPC-46085.000 No
Jackson, T.H.E. K:SPC-33824.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. Kenya K:SPC-17030.000 No
K:SPC-11295.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [5016] Kenya K:SPC-20043.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4388] Kenya K:SPC-17592.000 No
Migeod, F., W. H. [75] Cameroon K000106723 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1358] Tanzania K:SPC-09098.000 No
Hermans, J.; Hermans, C. [29/18] Madagascar K:SPC-72427.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2156] Tanzania K:SPC-11296.000 No
Benn, N. [208] Kenya K:SPC-42863.000 No
Madagascar K:SPC-61031.000 No
Schelpe, E. Kenya K:SPC-11299.000 No
Kenya K:SPC-06002.000 No
K:SPC-11306.000 No
Madagascar K:SPC-09102.000 No
Mozambique K:SPC-06139.000 No
Zimbabwe K:SPC-09100.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1451] Tanzania K:SPC-24833.000 No
Saska, M. [103] Tanzania K:SPC-17591.000 No
Zimbabwe K:SPC-05750.000 No
Moreau, W.M. [15] Tanzania K:SPC-06005.000 No
Hepper, N.; Jaeger, P. [7093] Kenya K:SPC-41071.000 No
K:SPC-36787.000 No
Copley, H. [16] Kenya K:SPC-11294.000 No
Pollock Tanzania K:SPC-11303.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-06006.000 No
Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-20042.000 No
Ash [1493] Ethiopia K:SPC-35805.000 No
[1961] Reunion K:SPC-09092.000 No
Duft, J. South Africa K:SPC-38842.000 No
Preuss, P.R. [1009] Cameroon K000106722 Type Yes
Heppes, F.N.; Field, D.V. [5037] Tanzania K:SPC-34333.000 No
Hendrickx, F.L.; Doughty, L.R. [539] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-09104.000 No
Ravelonarivo, D. [2426] Madagascar K001322300 Yes
Cunningham- Van Someren, G.R. [459] Kenya K:SPC-09099.000 No
Harris, W.V. [381] Kenya K:SPC-09105.000 No
Methuen [355] Zimbabwe K:SPC-03796.000 No
K:SPC-09097.000 No
Ng, Y.P. K:SPC-75083.000 No
Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [511] Kenya K000242347 Unknown Type Material Yes
Madagascar K:SPC-61026.000 No
Moreau, R.E.; Moreau, W.M. [366] Tanzania K:SPC-06008.000 No
Tanner, L. [114] Tanzania K:SPC-37584.000 No
Brunt, M.A. [762] Cameroon K000106725 Yes
Hendrickx, F.L.; Doughty, L.R. Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-06003.000 No
Germain, R. [3434] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-09089.000 No
Jan 1, 1926 Cholmley, A.J. [s.n.] Polystachya coelogynochila K000242343 Type Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Polystachya kirkii K000242349 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Kenya Polystachya kirkii K000242348 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zimbabwe Polystachya gerrardii K:SPC-23032.000 No
Gerrard, W.T. [1557] South Africa Polystachya gerrardii K000242439 Unknown Type Material Yes

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