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.

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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