Orchidaceae
Polystachya

Polystachya siederi Hermans

First published in Kew Bull. 76: 50 (2021)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Madagascar. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Madagascar

Classification

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Publications

Kew Bulletin

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  • Bosser, J. (1969b). Contribution à l'Étude des Orchidaceae de Madagascar IX. Adansonia 9: 299 – 309.
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  • Bosser, J. (1980). Contribution à l'Étude des Orchidaceae de Madagascar. Adansonia 20: 257 – 261.
  • Bosser, J. (1989). Contribution à l'Étude des Orchidaceae de Madagascar XVIV. Adansonia 11: 29 – 38.
  • Bosser, J. (2000). Contribution à l’Étude des Orchidaceae de Madagascar et des Mascareignes. XXIX. Adansonia 22: 167 – 182.
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  • Cribb, P. J. & Hermans, J. (2009). Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cribb, P. J. & Roberts, D. (2008). A new Habenaria from Madagascar. Orchid Rev. 116: 195 – 199.
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  • Cribb, P. J., Gautier, L., Trigui, S. & Nusbaumer, L. (2011). Two new records of Orchidaceae from Madagascar, with an updated list of species shared with continental Africa. Candollea 66: 413 – 416.
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  • Hermans, J., Andriantiana, J. L., Sieder, A., Kiehn, M., Cribb, P., Rajavelona, L. & Gardiner, L. (2017). New species and nomenclatural changes in Cynorkis (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae) from Madagascar and the Mascarenes. Kew Bull. 72, 38: 1 – 31.
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Other Data

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Sources

  • 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

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  • 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