Orchidaceae

Cyrtorchis Schltr.

First published in Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 596 (1914)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

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.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2014). Genera Orchidacearum 6: 1-544. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Die Orchid. 595 (1914).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Die Orchideen: 595 (1914)
  • Summerhayes in Kew Bull. 14: 143–156 (1960).
  • in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 127–133 (1918).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Die Orchideen: 595 (1914)
  • Summerh. in K.B. 14: 143–156 (1960)
  • in Beih. Bot. Centr. 36: 127–133 (1918)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [2239] Cameroon K000580014 No
Dec 31, 1958 Monteiro [s.n.] Angola K000306466 Type Yes
Dec 31, 1958 Gentil, L. [68] Congo, Republic of the K000306467 Type Yes
Morze, G. [114] South Africa K:SPC-31739.000 No
Zapfack, L. [519] Cameroon K001394814 Yes
Spurrier, M. Malawi K:SPC-52527.000 No
Johnston-Stewart, N. [27] Malawi K:SPC-45146.000 No
Leakey, C.L.A. Uganda K:SPC-25742.000 No
Rhead, J. [EAH 10103] Tanzania K:SPC-30419.000 No
Zapfack, L. [528] Cameroon K001394817 Yes
Segerback, B. [1230] Nigeria K:SPC-37277.000 No
Nemba, J. [942] Cameroon K000107368 No
Williamson, G. [690] Zambia K:SPC-34090.000 No
Williamson, G. [722] Zambia K:SPC-34102.000 No
Leakey, C.L.A. Uganda K:SPC-25741.000 No
Biteau, P. [X vii] Gabon K:SPC-71593.000 No
Troupin [3340] K:SPC-29542.000 No
Monze, G. [23] Zambia K:SPC-31753.000 No
Williamson, G. [782] Zambia K:SPC-33992.000 No
Morze, G. [128] Mozambique K:SPC-31729.000 No
Meyer, H. [K81] Kenya K:SPC-39130.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2658] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-50396.000 No
Archer [383] K:SPC-30482.000 No
Williamson, G. [617] Zambia K:SPC-33883.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [11565] Kenya K:SPC-29536.000 No
Protzen, G.A. Uganda K:SPC-45372.000 No
Cheek, M. [7416] Cameroon K:SPC-72132.000 No
Bridson, D. [241] Rwanda K:SPC-43776.000 No
Moreau [806] Zambia K:SPC-10207.000 No
Sandford [5244] Cameroon K:SPC-34795.000 No
la Croix, I.; La Croix, E. [1172] Congo, Republic of the K:SPC-61629.000 No
Etuge, M. [2255] Cameroon K:SPC-76145.000 No
Kenya K:SPC-30845.000 No
Ghana K:SPC-22798.000 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