Polystachya elegans Rchb.f.

First published in Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 113 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Togo to W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Togo

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Droissart, V., Sonké, B. & Stévart, T. (2006). Les Orchidaceae endémiques d' Afrique centrale atlantique présentes au Cameroon. Systematics and Geography of Plants 76: 3-84.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • 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

  • F.T.A. 7: 119.
  • Otia Bot. Hamburg. 113 (1881)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Droissart, V., Sonké, B. & Stévart, T. (2006). Les Orchidaceae endémiques d' Afrique centrale atlantique présentes au Cameroon. Systematics and Geography of Plants 76: 3-84.
  • Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2011). A monograph of the subtribe Polystachyinae Schltr. (Orchidaceae): 1-400. Fundacja Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Gdanskiego.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J.; Etuge, M. [530] Cameroon K:SPC-77507.000 No
Mar 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [181] Cameroon K000106890 Yes
Sep 1, 1994 Balding, S.; Sivell D. [83] Cameroon K000107046 Yes
May 1, 1994 Cable, S. [56] Cameroon K000107278 Yes
May 1, 1994 Cable, S. [126] Cameroon K000107276 Yes
Nigeria K:SPC-05751.000 No
Pollard, B.J. [181] Cameroon K:SPC-72404.000 No
Nigeria K:SPC-00586.000 No
Savory, H., J. [UCI 385] Cameroon K000106698 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [99] Cameroon K000106702 Yes
Keay, R.W.J.; Savory, H.J. Nigeria K:SPC-06012.000 No
Mann, G. [2113] Cameroon K000106699 Type No
Mann, G. [2113] Cameroon K000106701 Type No
Mann, G. [2113] Cameroon K000106704 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann, G. [2113] Cameroon K000106703 Type Yes
Mann, G. [1338] Cameroon K000106705 Type Yes
Mann, G. [1338] Cameroon K000106700 Type No
La Croix, I.F.; la Croix, E.A.S. [1154] Congo, Republic of the K:SPC-57094.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • 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 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