Orchidaceae
Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum scaberulum (Rolfe) Bolus

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 181 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2015). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 2: 1-300. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & al. (2004). Flore du Gabon 36: 1-231. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2015). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 2: 1-300. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ball, Epiph. Orch. S. Afr.: 86 (1978).
  • Bolus in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 25: 181 (1889).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 17, 2010 Harris, T., et al. [656b] Mozambique K000718177 No
Jan 1, 1986 Richards, H.M. [15656B] Tanzania K:SPC-29366.000 No
Jan 1, 1986 Richards, H.M. [15656B] Tanzania K000410010 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Pobéguin [925] Sierra Leone K000410014 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Pobéguin [636] Sierra Leone K000410013 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1982 K000410011 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1982 K000410012 Type Yes
Zapfack, L. [504] Cameroon K001394800 Yes
Moreau [117] Tanzania K:SPC-30025.000 No
Polhill, R. [13963] Zambia K:SPC-43173.000 No
Zapfack, L. [448A] Cameroon K001297586 No
Schlechter, F.R.R. [12781] Cameroon K000410017 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chevalier [12838] K000410015 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schaijes, M. [1973] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-47999.000 No
Bodenghien, A. [295] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-49421.000 No
Fries, T.C.E.; Norlindh, T.; Weimarck, H. [2199] Zimbabwe K:SPC-08799.000 No
Schlechter, F.R.R. [12693] Cameroon K000410016 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harris, D.J.; Fay, J.M. [1289] Central African Republic K:SPC-55605.000 No
Chapama, H. [14] Mozambique K000613707 No
Eggeling, W.J. [6369] Tanzania K:SPC-29403.000 No
la Croix, I. [664] Malawi K:SPC-48572.000 No
Gilbert, M.G. [K 25] Ethiopia K:SPC-51109.000 No
Harris, D.J. [2597] Central African Republic K:SPC-60084.000 No
Hedberg, O. Tanzania K:SPC-43459.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-76601.000 No

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

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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/
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