Orchidaceae
Brachycorythis
Brachycorythis ovata

Brachycorythis ovata subsp. welwitschii (Rchb.f.) Summerh.

First published in Kew Bull. 10: 257 (1955)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is DR Congo to Tropical S. Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 12, 2019 Wightman, N. [NcW115] Zambia K001291961 No
Dec 15, 1954 Welwitsch [707] Angola K000415497 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M. [10520] Malawi K:SPC-21554.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3616] Zambia K:SPC-01359.000 No
Richards, H.M. [3915] Zambia K:SPC-21551.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [2084] Zambia K:SPC-01360.000 No
Williamson, G. [338] Zambia K:SPC-34100.000 No
Richards, H.M. [15905] Zambia K:SPC-03757.000 No
Richards, H.M. [22834] Zambia K:SPC-31396.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [2207] Zambia K:SPC-20733.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [6004] K:SPC-36669.000 No
Richards, H.M. [10367] Zambia K:SPC-05871.000 No
Ball, J.S. [422] Zimbabwe K:SPC-21553.000 No
Chase, N.C. [35760] Zimbabwe K:SPC-21552.000 No
Nov 13, 2017 Bone, R.E.; Wightman, N.; Mpatwa, G.; Yokoya, K. [RB 404] Zambia Brachycorythis ovata var. welwitschii K001635542 No

Sources

  • 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