Orchidaceae
Satyrium

Satyrium breve Rolfe

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 274 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Rwanda to S. Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Recorded in error in:

Ethiopia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Kraenzl., Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1: 661(1899).
  • Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 274 (1898).
  • Schltr. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 535(1915).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 16, 2019 Bone, R.E.; Merret, L. [361] Zambia K:SPC-78500.000 No
May 14, 1964 Fries, T.C.E.; Nordlindh, T.; Weimarck, H. [3647] Zambia K000416135 Type Yes
Watermeyer, A.M. [239A] Tanzania K:SPC-24588.000 No
Richards, H.M. [3784] Zambia K:SPC-24542.000 No
Lewis, B.A. [1387] Tanzania K:SPC-60271.000 No
Watermeyer, A.M. [211] Tanzania K:SPC-26756.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [84] Zambia K:SPC-29680.000 No
Richards, H.M. [22603] Malawi K:SPC-31408.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [4056] Zambia K:SPC-26761.000 No
Richards, H.M. [11894] Zambia K:SPC-25230.000 No
Morze, G. [106a] Zambia K:SPC-30111.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7923] Tanzania K:SPC-24590.000 No
de Leyser, E.A. [43] Tanzania K:SPC-50358.000 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [2662] Zambia K:SPC-24541.000 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. [11234] Tanzania K:SPC-40273.000 No
Johston-Stewart, N. [42] Malawi K:SPC-50982.000 No
Morze, G. [106] Zambia K:SPC-30106.000 No
Harris, T. [387] Mozambique K000613823 Yes
Richards, H.M. [2188] Zambia K:SPC-22976.000 No
Richards, H.M. [4811] Tanzania K:SPC-27141.000 No
Buchanan [314] Malawi K000416136 Holotype Yes
Richards, H.M. [4325] Zambia K:SPC-23836.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [2088] Zambia K:SPC-23784.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8310] Tanzania K:SPC-24589.000 No
Robson, N.K.B. [450] Malawi K:SPC-22743.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [1410] Zambia K:SPC-26204.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1501] Tanzania K:SPC-24737.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1502] Tanzania K:SPC-24719.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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