Orchidaceae
Cynorkis

Cynorkis brevicalcar P.J.Cribb

First published in Kew Bull. 40: 399 (1985)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Malawi (Mt. Mulanje). It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malawi

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. 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?
Sep 28, 1976 Allen, D.J. [527] Malawi K000048604 Yes
Richards, H.M. [16564] Malawi K000048605 Yes
Chapman, J.D.; Tawakali, E.J. [5522] Malawi K000048602 Yes
Morris, B. [925] Malawi K000048599 Yes
Blackmore, S.; Brummitt, R.K.; Banda, E.A. [374] Malawi K000048611 Holotype Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [9652] Malawi K:SPC-33051.000 No
la Croix, I.; Jenkins; Killick [450] Malawi K000048609 Yes
Morris, B. [739] Malawi K000048600 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [9652] Malawi K000048608 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Polhill, R.M.; Patel, I.H. [15896] Malawi K000048601 Yes
Jackson, G. [2179] Malawi K000048607 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [504] Malawi K000048606 Yes
Johnston-Stewart, N.G.B. [283] Malawi K000048610 Yes
la Croix, I. [7] Malawi K000048603 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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