Orchidaceae
Oberonia

Oberonia disticha (Lam.) Schltr.

First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 132 (1924)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Mozambique

Native to:

Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Rodrigues

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2019). https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJPT/article/view/44575. epublication.
  • Bernet, P. (2010). Orchidées de la Réunion: 1-368. Naturae Amici éditions.
  • Cribb, P., Hermans, J. & Rakotoarinivo, M. (2009). Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar: 1-456. 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.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedberg, I., Friis, I. & Persson, E. (2009). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 1: 1-305. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hermans, J., Cribb, P.J. & Pailler, T. (2023). Flore des Mascareignes 170(2): 1-511. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 29: 1-41.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hermans, J., Cribb, P.J. & Pailler, T. (2023). Flore des Mascareignes 170(2): 1-511. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Moreau in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 17: 28 (1943).
  • Perrier in Fl. Madag., Orch. 1: 253 (1939).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 89 (1968).
  • Schltr. in F. Fedde, Repertorium Speciorum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, Beih. 33: 132 (1925).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 27, 2019 Osborne, J. [JO1419] Mozambique K:SPC-78775.000 No
Feb 27, 2019 Osborne, J. [JO1419] Mozambique K000569774 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Razakamalala, R., et al. [2855] Madagascar K000396168 Yes
Nov 9, 1992 Lane, P.J. [39] Cameroon K000106645 Yes
Jun 22, 1976 Cribb, P.J.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10293] Tanzania K000048811 Yes
Vaughan, R.E. [509] Mauritius K000048819 Yes
Synge, P.M. [S.1222] Uganda K000048813 Yes
Sanford, W.W. [5327] Cameroon K000048816 Yes
Du Puy, D.J.; Cribb, P.; Andriantiana, J.; Ranaivojaona, R. [M796] Madagascar K:SPC-72345.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2009] Tanzania K:SPC-23194.000 No
Louis, J. [5728] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000048817 Yes
Rakotozafy, A.; Phillipson, P.; Malcomber, S.; Razafimandimbison, S. [2694] Madagascar K000048822 Yes
Prescott [s.n.] K000718160 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-24120.000 No
Ball, J.S. [45944] Zimbabwe K000048807 Yes
Johnson [176] Zimbabwe K000048808 Yes
Bouton, M. [s.n.] Mauritius K000718159 Type Yes
La Croix [526] Malawi K000048803 Yes
K:SPC-52337.000 No
Matthews [158] French Polynesia K000718151 Unknown Type Material Yes
Moriarty, A. [s.n.] Malawi K000048804 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [7/70] Zimbabwe K000048805 Yes
Baron, R. [1091] Madagascar K000718157 Yes
Cuming, H. [s.n.] Philippines K000718161 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blackburn, J. [s.n.] K000718158 Yes
Abdallah, Raphael; Mboya, Emanuel; Vollesen, Kaj [96/131] Tanzania K000048812 Yes
Tanzania K:SPC-36740.000 No
Mason, L.M. [1963] Madagascar K:SPC-29222.000 No
Bisset, H. [56] Zimbabwe K000048806 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [11233] Comoros K000048820 Yes
Bouton, M. [s.n.] Mauritius K000718156 Type Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [899] South Africa K000048818 Yes
Lance, Kate [86] Madagascar K000048821 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-20998.000 No
Madagascar K:SPC-61125.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1890] Tanzania K000048810 Yes
Osmaston, H.A. [2827] Uganda K000048814 Yes
Le Testu, G. [5920] Gabon K000048815 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J.; Smeenk, C.; Smeenk, N.; Kichoi, D. [71/960] Kenya K000048809 Yes

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0