Orchidaceae
Calyptrochilum

Calyptrochilum christyanum (Rchb.f.) Summerh.

First published in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 450 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Brazil Northeast

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 29: 1-41.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.
  • 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 F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 450 (1936).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berhaut, J. (1988). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 9: 1-522. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Moreau in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 17: 21 (1943).
  • Morris, Orch. Malawi: 79 (1970).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 249 (1968).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 450 (1936).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 251 (1968).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 13: 83 (1958)
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 2: 277 (1948)
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 182 (1977).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2009 Onana, J.-M. [3624] Cameroon K000581000 No
Oct 8, 1957 Chelmsford, C. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000306618 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 7, 1957 Kirk [12] Kenya K000306625 Type Yes
Oct 3, 1957 Seret, F. [610] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000306621 Type Yes
Oct 3, 1957 Stolz, A. [469] Tanzania K000306624 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1957 Gentil, L. [304] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000306623 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1957 Laurent, M. [686] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000306622 Type Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [7178] Zambia K:SPC-30818.000 No
Gambia, The K:SPC-08231.000 No
Pollock Tanzania K:SPC-08235.000 No
Morris, B. [762] Malawi K:SPC-28451.000 No
Fay, J.M. [6611] Central African Republic K:SPC-48620.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [2083] Zambia K:SPC-10251.000 No
Chow, C.W. [2] Cameroon K:SPC-13576.000 No
Adames, P. [176] Sierra Leone K:SPC-14310.000 No
Jaeger, P. [s.n.] Mali K000385966 No
de Leyser, E.A. [229] Tanzania K:SPC-53341.000 No
Jaeger, P. [3601] Mali K000385967 No
Segerback, B. [1165] Nigeria K:SPC-37265.000 No
K000306619 Type Yes
K:SPC-12537.000 No
Schoenenberger, J.; Teearu, T.; Kennedy; Frederick [157] Cameroon K001518099 Yes
Zambia K:SPC-08234.000 No
K:SPC-08240.000 No
Cheek, M.; Namata; Etuge; Elangwe; Mondli; Sanele; Euclay; Mambo [8098] Cameroon K001518102 Yes
Cheek, M.; Namata; Etuge; Elangwe; Mondli; Sanele; Euclay; Mambo [8098] Cameroon K001518101 Yes
Keay, R.W.J.; Brenan, J.P.M. Nigeria K:SPC-10248.000 No
Wright, J.O. [129] Nigeria K:SPC-13574.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-12536.000 No
K000306620 Unknown Type Material Yes
Scholes, J. [73] Ghana K:SPC-12535.000 No
Smith, G. [Smith 522] Nigeria K:SPC-43091.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2816] Zambia K:SPC-14308.000 No
Field, G.D. Sierra Leone K:SPC-19140.000 No
Zambia K:SPC-08233.000 No
Keeley, P. [77] Tanzania K:SPC-53994.000 No
Richards, H.M. [2322A] Zambia K:SPC-14309.000 No
K:SPC-08238.000 No
Nigeria K:SPC-05650.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [4305] Sierra Leone K:SPC-14311.000 No
K:SPC-25494.000 No
Hepper, F.N. [1479] Cameroon K:SPC-08239.000 No
Segerback, B. [1122] Nigeria K:SPC-37940.000 No
Jones, J.R. [30733] Zimbabwe K:SPC-10249.000 No
Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-08232.000 No
Keay, R.W.J. [22487] Nigeria K:SPC-10250.000 No
Maggs, D.H. [124] Nigeria K:SPC-13575.000 No
Richards, H.M. [10233] Zambia K:SPC-00638.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [4643] Sierra Leone K:SPC-12534.000 No
Jones, A.P.D. [19540] Nigeria K:SPC-10253.000 No
Cox, J.K. [64] Ghana K:SPC-08230.000 No
K:SPC-12533.000 No
Keay, R.W.J.; Mutch, W.E.S. [22933] Nigeria K:SPC-10252.000 No
Richards, H.M. [17198] Zambia K:SPC-24517.000 No
Mason, L.M. [2744] Ghana K:SPC-34476.000 No

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