Orchidaceae
Eulophia

Eulophia decaryana H.Perrier

First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 82: 154 (1935)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Kenya, Central Mozambique to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, Mayotte, Madagascar. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Comoros, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Oeceoclades decaryana.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 1980 Leach, L.C. [12376] Mozambique Oeceoclades decaryana K000390610 Yes
Feb 1, 1980 Daintree, A.C. [s.n.] Mozambique Oeceoclades decaryana K000390609 Yes
Madagascar Oeceoclades decaryana K:SPC-63499.000 No
Madagascar Oeceoclades decaryana K:SPC-61112.000 No
Dupuy, D.J.; Labat, J-N [M903] Madagascar Oeceoclades decaryana K:SPC-61329.000 No
Rolfe [362] Mozambique Oeceoclades decaryana K000390608 Yes
Madagascar Oeceoclades decaryana K:SPC-61109.000 No
Ward, M.C. [890] South Africa Oeceoclades decaryana K:SPC-50979.000 No
Chase, N.C. [6231] Zimbabwe Oeceoclades decaryana K:SPC-10948.000 No
Madagascar Oeceoclades decaryana K:SPC-63500.000 No
Oeceoclades decaryana K:SPC-73696.000 No
Madagascar Oeceoclades decaryana K:SPC-62734.000 No
Ball, J.S. [587] Zimbabwe Oeceoclades decaryana K:SPC-19964.000 No
Archer, P.G. [530] Kenya Oeceoclades decaryana K000390606 Yes
Pickering Mozambique Oeceoclades decaryana K:SPC-33866.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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  • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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