Diaphananthe pellucida

Diaphananthe pellucida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Angraecinae
Genus: Diaphananthe
Species: Diaphananthe pellucida

Name

Diaphananthe pellucida (Lindl.) Schltr., Die Orchideen: 593 (1914).

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Angraecum pellucidum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30: 2 (1844).
• Homotypic
  • Listrostachys pellucida (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 908 (1864).
  • Mystacidium pellucidum (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 3: 584 (1883).
  • Epidorkis pellucida (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Angraecum althoffii Kraenzl., Mitt. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. 2: 160 (1889).
  • Angraecum pallidum W.Watson, Gard. & Forest 3: 78 (1890).
  • Listrostachys althoffii (Kraenzl.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 47 (1894).
  • Listrostachys thonneriana Kraenzl., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt.-Rend. 38: 64 (1899).
  • Aerangis pallida (W.Watson) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 157 (1972).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa East Tropical Africa Uganda. West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schlechter, F.R.R. 1914. Die Orchideen, 593.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 385 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Diaphananthe pellucida. Accessed: 2023 Jan 2.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Diaphananthe pellucida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 2. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Diaphananthe pellucida. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Diaphananthe pellucida. Published online. Accessed: 2 Jan 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Diaphananthe pellucida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Jan 2023.

Vernacular names

中文: 透明薄花兰

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