Polystachya heckmanniana Kraenzl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 371 (1900)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to Malawi. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania

Classification

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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.
  • 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 A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28: 371 (1900).
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 122, fig. 63/11 (1977).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 18, 1981 Leedal, G.P. [6152] Tanzania K000390151 Yes
Aug 18, 1981 Leedal, G.P. [6155] Tanzania K000390152 Yes
Oct 9, 1976 Cribb, P.J.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10324] Tanzania K000390148 Yes
Dec 1, 1971 Leedal, G.P. [494] Tanzania K000390156 Yes
Dowsett-Lemaire, F. [482] Malawi K000390161 Yes
Richards, H.M. [15675] Tanzania K000390154 Yes
Congdon [59] Tanzania K:SPC-49631.000 No
La Croix [347] Malawi K000390160 Yes
Cribb, P.J.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10366] Tanzania K000390149 Yes
La Croix, I.F. [221] Malawi K000390157 Yes
la Croix, E.A.S.; La Croix, I.F. [868] Malawi K000390159 Yes
Polhill; Paulo, S. [266-62] Tanzania K000390153 Yes
Richards, H.M. [15675] Tanzania K:SPC-03817.000 No
Spurrier [97] Tanzania K000390155 Yes
Turner, A. [6339] Kenya K000390150 Yes
Morris, B. [160] Malawi K000390158 Yes
Johnstone-Stewart, N. [31] Malawi K:SPC-47683.000 No

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