Satyrium macrophyllum Lindl.

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 338 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Malawi Satyrium cheirophorum K:SPC-50993.000 No
Greatrex, F.C. [27429] Zimbabwe Satyrium cheirophorum K:SPC-24819.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9595] Tanzania Satyrium cheirophorum K:SPC-24551.000 No
Wild, H. [4446] Zimbabwe Satyrium cheirophorum K:SPC-24699.000 No
Brummitt, R.K. [9143] Malawi Satyrium cheirophorum K:SPC-25694.112 No
Brummitt, R.K. [9620] Malawi Satyrium cheirophorum K:SPC-25694.066 No
Malawi Satyrium cheirophorum K:SPC-50988.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10402] Tanzania Satyrium cheirophorum K:SPC-24547.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [3821] Kenya Satyrium cheirophorum K:SPC-06049.311 No
Piers, F. [P.45] Kenya Satyrium cheirophorum K:SPC-26762.000 No
Norlindh, T.; Weimarck, H. [4813] Zimbabwe Satyrium cheirophorum K:SPC-24609.000 No
Ball, J.S. [531] Zimbabwe Satyrium cheirophorum K:SPC-24733.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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    • Flora of Tropical East 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