Orchidaceae

Brachycorythis Lindl.

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 363 (1838)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 1-416. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A.. 7: 200
  • Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. 363 (1838)
  • Summerhayes in Kew Bull. 9: 226 (1955).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 363 (1838).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl.: 363 (1838)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Williamson, G. [626] Zambia K:SPC-33173.000 No
Keeley, P.A. [55] Tanzania K:SPC-50317.000 No
Holmes [14] Zambia K:SPC-77398.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [3065] K:SPC-30909.000 No
Williamson, G. [731] Zambia K:SPC-33895.000 No
Richards, H.M. [18594] K:SPC-31075.000 No
Williamson, G. [631] Zambia K:SPC-00900.062 No
Williamson, G. [636] Malawi K:SPC-17326.004 No
Schaijes, M. [1746] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-47521.000 No
Bone, R.E. [330] Zambia K001418361 Yes
Sieder, A.; Knirsch, W.; Andriantiana, J. [FS 3020] Madagascar K000718007 No
Fanshaw, D.B. [8999] Zambia K:SPC-30288.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2170] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-48941.000 No
Williamson, G. [342] Zambia K:SPC-01800.055 No
Zambia K:SPC-34382.000 No
Williamson, G. [703] Zambia K:SPC-33890.000 No
Williamson, G. [7671] Zambia K:SPC-33783.000 No
Robson, N.K.B. [1299] Malawi K:SPC-01377.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2105] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-48940.000 No
Richards, H.M. [16862] Zambia Schwartzkopffia K:SPC-29689.000 No

Sources

  • 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

  • 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

  • Orchideae: e-monocot.org

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