Orchidaceae
Porpax

Porpax repens (Rolfe) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 186: 200 (2018)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Droissart, V., Simo, M., Sonké, B., Cawoy, V. & Stévart, T. (2009). Le genre Stolzia (Orchidaceae) en Afrique centrale avec deux nouveaux taxons. Adansonia, III, 31: 25-40.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2015). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 2: 1-300. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Milne-Redhead, E. [3385], Zambia Stolzia repens 17882.000 No
Kenya Stolzia repens 17883.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. [5992], Uganda Stolzia repens 21214.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [8403], Kenya Stolzia repens 21215.000 No
Eggeling, W.J., Uganda Stolzia repens 21216.000 No
Cunningham-van Someren, G.A., Kenya Stolzia repens 21217.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [1066], Kenya Stolzia repens 21218.000 No
Drummond, R.B. [1357], Tanzania Stolzia repens 21219.000 No
Carroll, E.W., Kenya Stolzia repens 21221.000 No
Eggeling, W.J., Uganda Stolzia repens 21222.000 No
Morris, B. [89], Malawi Stolzia repens 25516.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [8403] Stolzia repens 29598.000 No
Lucas, G.U. [117], Kenya Stolzia repens 29782.000 No
Morze, G. [122], Zambia Stolzia repens 31772.000 No
Williamson, G. [237], Zambia Stolzia repens 33959.000 No
Meyer, H., Uganda Stolzia repens 34015.000 No
Gilbert, M.G. [2496], Ethiopia Stolzia repens 34918.000 No
Ash [1534], Ethiopia Stolzia repens 35705.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3383], Zambia Stolzia repens 36345.000 No
Meyer, H., Uganda Stolzia repens 36631.000 No
Meyer, H. [K68], Uganda Stolzia repens 38754.000 No
la Croix, I. [72], Malawi Stolzia repens 42361.000 No
Smith, G. [568], Nigeria Stolzia repens 44557.000 No
Malawi Stolzia repens 46713.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2028], Congo, DRC Stolzia repens 47363.000 No
de Leyser, E. [248], Tanzania Stolzia repens 54332.000 No
Lewis, B.A. [1378], Tanzania Stolzia repens 60277.000 No
Onochie, C.F.A. [34269], Nigeria Stolzia repens 6041.000 No
Archer, P.G., Kenya Stolzia repens 6151.000 No
Cable, S. [3839], Cameroon Stolzia repens 61697.000 No
Carroll, E.W., Kenya Stolzia repens 9225.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [663], Kenya Stolzia repens 9226.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3385A], Zambia Stolzia repens 9227.000 No

Sources

  • 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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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