Orchidaceae
Platycoryne

Platycoryne crocea Rolfe

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 257 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in F.T.A. 7: 257 (1898)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 257 (1898).
  • Summerh. in 17: 532 (1964).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 13: 71 (1958)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 15, 1962 Stolz, A. [2552] Tanzania K000415971 Type Yes
May 14, 1962 Lindblom, G. [s.n.] Kenya K000415970 Type Yes
May 12, 1962 Kassner [2169] Zambia K000415972 Type Yes
Richards, M. [19607] Tanzania K:SPC-28917.000 No
Elias, D. Malawi K:SPC-46708.000 No
Richards, H.M. [17293] Zambia K:SPC-24657.000 No
Bogner, J. [669] Gabon K:SPC-37624.000 No
Fay, J.M. [7333] Central African Republic K:SPC-29047.558 No
Schaijes, M. [2706 A] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-50376.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [374] Zambia K:SPC-26880.000 No
Illegible [1538] Cameroon K000106512 Yes
Williamson, G. [346] Zambia K:SPC-00900.064 No
Schweinfurth, G. [3968] K000415969 Type Yes
Zambia K:SPC-36645.000 No
Burger, W. [509] Ethiopia K:SPC-30255.000 No
Piers, F. [117] Kenya Platycoryne montis-elgon K:SPC-20678.000 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [1789] Zambia Platycoryne elegantula K:SPC-20932.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3587] Zambia Platycoryne elegantula K:SPC-09482.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3809] Zambia Platycoryne elegantula K:SPC-09483.000 No
Richards, H.M. [10536] Malawi Platycoryne elegantula K:SPC-20934.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [0198] Zambia Platycoryne elegantula K:SPC-09484.000 No
Richards, H.M. [4135] Zambia Platycoryne elegantula K:SPC-20933.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [4382] Zambia Platycoryne heterophylla K000415978 Holotype Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4382] Zambia Platycoryne heterophylla K:SPC-20935.000 Type 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 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