Orchidaceae
Cynorkis

Cynorkis debilis (Hook.f.) Summerh.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 246 (1933)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to Tanzania and S. Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 1933: 246.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [235] Cameroon K000106911 Yes
Apr 1, 1994 Cable, S. [61] Cameroon K000107003 Yes
Germain, R. [3620] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-01444.000 No
Bidgood, S., et al. [8128] Tanzania K000718652 No
Pollard, B.J. [235] Cameroon K:SPC-72416.000 No
Germain, R. [3057] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-01443.000 No
Mann G. [2127] Cameroon K000106390 Type Yes
Jan 15, 2019 Bytebier, B. [3606] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K001417574 No
Nov 13, 2017 Bone, R.E.; Wightman, N.; Yokoya, K.; Mwaba, J. [RB 425] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K001635544 No
Apr 1, 2016 Osborne, J.; Mapoule, K.; Merrett, L.; Nyirenda, F. [JO 1136] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-78413.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3507] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-01447.000 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [2004] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-01452.000 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [3001] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-01453.000 No
Brummitt, R.K. [9041] Malawi Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-25694.154 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [504a] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-01450.000 No
Zimbabwe Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-43015.000 No
Bone, R.E.; Wightman, N.; Yokoya, K. Mwaba, J. [RB 425] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-78759.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [0102] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-01449.000 No
Johnson, W.P. [s.n.] Tanzania Cynorkis hanningtonii K000415572 Holotype Yes
Richards, H.M. [162] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-24915.000 No
Hannington [s.n.] Tanzania Cynorkis hanningtonii K000415573 Holotype Yes
Williamson, G. [251] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-33756.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [4369] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-01448.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [4392] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-21577.000 No
Ball, J.S. [526] Zimbabwe Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-21578.000 No
Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-33168.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [5995] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-24821.000 No
La Croix [567] Malawi Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-47624.000 No
Vereker Zimbabwe Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-21579.000 No
Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-33685.000 No
Renvoize, S.A. [1978] Tanzania Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-32973.000 No
Morge, G. [162] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-30105.000 No
Kampashi, R.; Milne-Redhead, E. [4226] Angola Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-01446.000 No
Brummitt, R.K. [11025] Malawi Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-25694.071 No
Wild, H. [2540] Zimbabwe Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-01451.000 No
Richards, H.M. [12388] Zambia Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-21580.000 No
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D. [5385] Tanzania Cynorkis hanningtonii K:SPC-34337.000 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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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