Orchidaceae
Porpax

Porpax angustifolia (Mansf.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 186: 199 (2018)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania (NW. Uluguru Mountains). It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Tanzania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Tanzania Stolzia angustifolia 39582.000 No
Schlieben, H.J. [3055], Tanzania Stolzia angustifolia K000242438 Yes
Cribb, P.J. [10367], Tanzania Stolzia angustifolia K000390263 No
Cribb, P.J. [10367], Tanzania Stolzia angustifolia K000390264 No

Sources

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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