Orchidaceae
Bonatea

Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz

First published in Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 90 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Sudan to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Ponsie, M.E., Edwards, T.J. & Johnson, S.D. (2007). A taxonomic revision of Bonatea Willd. (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae: Habenariinae. South African Journal of Botany 73: 1-21.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ponsie, M.E., Edwards, T.J. & Johnson, S.D. (2007). A taxonomic revision of Bonatea Willd. (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae: Habenariinae. South African Journal of Botany 73: 1-21.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by B. Pettersson [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 253 (1898).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 17: 531 (1964).
  • Th. Dur. & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 90 (1895).
  • Tweedie in Journ. E.A. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 24 (1964).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 23, 1988 Chase, N.C. [7741] Zimbabwe K000317134 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Iversen, S.T.; Pettersson, B.; Persson, E. [87545] Tanzania K000317111 Yes
Dec 1, 1976 Tanner, L. [151] Tanzania K000317114 Yes
May 8, 1974 Faulkner, H. [4786] Tanzania K000317115 Yes
May 2, 1974 Richards, H.M.; Arasululu, S. [26965] Tanzania K000317119 Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Dowson, W.J. [634] Kenya K000317130 Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Lort Phillips, E. [s.n.] Somalia K000415942 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Connell, M.E.; Erens, J.; Pole-Evans, I.B. [26473] Kenya K000317133 Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Holst, C. [2443] Tanzania K000415946 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Tweedie [2151] Kenya K000317132 Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Kässner, T. [916] Kenya K000317128 Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Williams, G.R. [57] Tanzania K000317121 Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Yemen K000363033 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Napier, E.R. [149] Kenya K000317129 Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Brown, E. [50] Uganda K000415944 Type Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Brown, E. [50] Uganda K000415945 Type Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Sillitoe, F.S. [1464] Sudan K000415943 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Fuggles-Couchman, N.R.; in Moreau [294] Tanzania K000317123 Yes
Apr 12, 1962 Verdcourt, B. [524] Kenya K000317125 Yes
Piers, F. [p. 51] Kenya K:SPC-20676.000 No
Pfennig, H. [1407] Rwanda K:SPC-47985.000 No
Tanner, L. [151] Tanzania K:SPC-39075.000 No
Norman, E.M. [42] Zimbabwe K000317150 Yes
Ball, J.S. [68056] Zimbabwe K000317143 Yes
Plowes, D.C.H. [2450] Zimbabwe K000317149 Yes
Germain, R. [6043] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-20674.000 No
Copley, H. [69] Kenya K:SPC-20680.000 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [6831] Zambia K000317138 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [6554] Zambia K000317140 Yes
Tanner, L. [235] Tanzania K000317113 Yes
Williamson, G. [420] Zambia K000317142 Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [2151] Kenya K:SPC-20673.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [6620] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-29047.656 No
Piers, F. [s.n.] Kenya K000317127 Yes
Greatrex, F.C. [52147] Zimbabwe K000317147 Yes
Carter; Abdallah; Newton [2664] Tanzania K000317124 Yes
Kenya K:SPC-49526.000 No
Carter; Abdallah; Newton [2664] Tanzania K:SPC-55467.000 No
Procter, J. [3017] Tanzania K000317120 Yes
Becquet [591] Rwanda K000317137 Yes
Ball, J.S. [443] Zimbabwe K:SPC-19418.000 No
Williamson, G. [420] Zambia K:SPC-32582.000 No
Saska, M. [108] Tanzania K:SPC-20679.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2523] Tanzania K:SPC-19417.000 No
Greatrex, F.C. [52147] Zimbabwe K:SPC-18507.000 No
Pickering, C.H.C. Kenya Bonatea ugandae K:SPC-29688.000 No

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

    • 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