Polystachya saccata (Finet) Rolfe

First published in Orchid Rev. 26: 107 (1918)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Zambia. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Liberia, Nigeria, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Droissart, V., Sonké, B., Simo, M. & Stévart, T. (2009). New orchid records from Atlantic central Africa. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66: 115-132.
  • 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.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Orch. Rev. 26: 107 (1918).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Droissart, V., Sonké, B., Simo, M. & Stévart, T. (2009). New orchid records from Atlantic central Africa. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66: 115-132.
  • Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2011). A monograph of the subtribe Polystachyinae Schltr. (Orchidaceae): 1-400. Fundacja Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Gdanskiego.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Schaijes, M. [1976] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-48000.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [0253] Zambia K:SPC-75912.000 No
Hepper, F.N.; Malsy, J. [7742] Cote d'Ivoire K:SPC-48641.000 No
K:SPC-09176.000 No
Summerhayes, G.V. [90] Nigeria K:SPC-09190.000 No
K:SPC-00597.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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    • '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.
  • 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