Orchidaceae
Rhipidoglossum

Rhipidoglossum subsimplex (Summerh.) Garay

First published in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 196 (1972)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. & S. Tropical Africa. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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?
Moreau, R.E.; Moreau, W.M. [578] Kenya K:SPC-08294.000 Type No
Moreau, R.E.; Moreau, W.M. [578] Kenya K000306287 Type Yes
Kenya Diaphananthe subsimplex K:SPC-08293.000 No
Thomas, A.S. [3644] Uganda Diaphananthe subsimplex K000766931 No
Bally, P.R.O. [943] Kenya Diaphananthe subsimplex K:SPC-12073.000 No
Piers, F. [106] Kenya Diaphananthe subsimplex K:SPC-29642.000 No
[289] Kenya Diaphananthe subsimplex K:SPC-08295.000 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 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