Eulophia angolensis

Eulophia angolensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Eulophiinae
Genus: Eulophia
Species: Eulophia angolensis

Name

Eulophia angolensis (Rchb.f.) Summerh., Kew Bull. 13: 76 (1958)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Cymbidium angolense Rchb.f., Flora 48: 188 (1865)
• Homotypic
  • Lissochilus angolensis (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 64 (1878)
• Heterotypic
  • Lissochilus buchananii Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 64 (1878)
  • Lissochilus lindleyanus Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 65 (1878)
  • Lissochilus paludicola Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 63 (1878)
  • Lissochilus platypterus Rchb.f., Flora 65: 533 (1882)
  • Eulophia buchananii (Rchb.f.) Bolus, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 185 (1889)
  • Lissochilus antunesii Rolfe, Bol. Soc. Brot. 7: 237 (1889)
  • Lissochilus validus Rendle, J. Bot. 33: 197 (1895)
  • Lissochilus validus var. minor Rendle, J. Bot. 33: 197 (1895)
  • Lissochilus latus Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 79 (1897)
  • Eulophia lindleyana (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped.: 279 (1900)
  • Cyrtopera stolziana Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 69 (1902)
  • Lissochilus eylesii Rendle, J. Bot. 43: 53 (1905)
  • Lissochilus ugandae Rolfe, Bot. Mag. 131: t. 8044 (1905)
  • Eulophia stolziana (Kraenzl.) Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(II): 444 (1908)
  • Lissochilus mildbraedii Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 338 (1909)
  • Lissochilus stolzianus (Kraenzl.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 588 (1915)
  • Lissochilus katentaniensis De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 6: 91 (1919)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia (doubtful), Northern Provinces. West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaire. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Summerhayes, V.S. 1958. Kew Bulletin 13: 76.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eulophia angolensis. Accessed: 2022 Jan 6.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eulophia angolensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 6. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eulophia angolensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 6. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Eulophia angolensis. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eulophia angolensis. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jan 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Eulophia angolensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

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