Orchidaceae
Satyrium

Satyrium crassicaule Rendle

First published in J. Bot. 33: 295 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to Ethiopia and Zambia. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 271.
  • in J. Bot. 33: 295 (1895)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Kraenzl. in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, 2 (Botanik) p. 71 (1910).
  • Kraenzl., Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1: 698 (1899).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr.: 45 (1959).
  • Rendle in Journal of Botany 33: 295 (1895).
  • Robyns & Tournay, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert. 3: 447, t. 63, fig. 28 (1955).
  • Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 271 (1898).
  • Schltr. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 31: 171 (1901), excl. S. nuttii Rolfe.
  • Schltr. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 530 (1915).
  • Schltr. in Fries, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1911–12, 1: 241 (1916).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 417 (1936).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 201 (1968).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 20: 173 (1966)
  • Troupin, Fl. Sperm. Parc Nat. Garamba 1: 264 (1956).
  • Tweedie in Journ. E.A. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 34 (1964).

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.; Toh, C. [581] Cameroon K:SPC-77349.000 No
Mar 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [240] Cameroon K000106862 Yes
Mar 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9846] Cameroon K000106869 No
Aug 1, 1999 Cheek, M. [9136] Cameroon K000107015 Yes
Sep 1, 1972 Bauer, P.J. [69] Cameroon K000106546 Yes
Feb 19, 1964 Fischer [575] K000416080 Type Yes
Feb 19, 1964 Scott Elliot, G.F. [6938] Kenya K000416084 Type Yes
Feb 19, 1964 Eick [301] Tanzania K000416081 Type Yes
[816] Zambia K:SPC-01800.031 No
Bridson, D. [166] Rwanda K:SPC-41487.000 No
Ash [1860] Ethiopia K:SPC-35825.000 No
Trelawny, B. [4382] Kenya K:SPC-24577.000 No
Ball, J.S. [773] Uganda K:SPC-24574.000 No
Sanford, W.W. [5515] Cameroon K000106545 Yes
Osmaston, H.A. [772] Uganda K:SPC-26771.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [343] Tanzania K:SPC-23812.000 No
Maitland, T.D. [1385] Cameroon K000106548 Yes
Copley, H. [122] Kenya K:SPC-22990.000 No
[12,299] Tanzania K:SPC-29240.000 No
Guillaumet, J.-L. [2699] Ethiopia K001890786 Yes
Tanzania K:SPC-37888.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [0207] Malawi K:SPC-24576.000 No
Richards, H.M. [14236] Tanzania K:SPC-23811.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2776] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-50395.000 No
Ball, J.S. [803] Tanzania K:SPC-24575.000 No
Buchanan, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000416083 Type Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [8059] Uganda K000416082 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M. [10422] Zambia K:SPC-22987.000 No
Richards, H.M. [14404] Malawi K:SPC-24573.000 No
Bowden, J.K. [72] Nigeria K:SPC-32877.000 No
[4] Kenya K:SPC-32503.000 No
Kenya K:SPC-22989.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8311] Tanzania K:SPC-24579.000 No
Richards, H.M. [14150] Tanzania K:SPC-26772.000 No
Gillett, J.B. [14927A] Ethiopia K:SPC-24580.000 No
Richards, H.M. [7599] Tanzania K:SPC-22988.000 No
Copley, H. [108] Kenya K:SPC-22991.000 No
Richards, H.M. [13995] Tanzania K:SPC-26770.000 No
Zimbabwe K:SPC-43047.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8574] Tanzania K:SPC-24578.000 No
Richards, H.M. [15857] Tanzania K:SPC-25382.000 No

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