Eulophia speciosa

Eulophia speciosa

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 speciosa

Name

Eulophia speciosa (R.Br.) Bolus, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 184 (1889).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Lissochilus speciosus R.Br., Bot. Reg. 7: t. 573 (1821).
• Heterotypic
  • Satyrium giganteum L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 402 (1782).
  • Limodorum giganteum (L.f.) Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 4 (1794).
  • Cymbidium giganteum (L.f.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 224 (1800).
  • Epidendrum giganteum (L.f.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 376 (1810).
  • Cyrtopera gigantea (L.f.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 190 (1833).
  • Lissochilus calopterus Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 218 (1855).
  • Lissochilus wakefieldii Rchb.f. & S.Moore, J. Bot. 16: 136 (1878).
  • Lissochilus graniticus Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 75 (1881)
  • Eulophia dispersa N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1892: 127 (1892).
  • Lissochilus dispersus (N.E.Br.) Rolfe, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 13: 684 (1893).
  • Eulophia speciosa var. culveri Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 10 (1895).
  • Lissochilus brevisepalus Rendle, J. Bot. 33: 195 (1895).
  • Lissochilus rendlei Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 96 (1897).
  • Lissochilus volkensii Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 94 (1897).
  • Lissochilus leucanthus Kraenzl., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 1009 (1904).
  • Lissochilus hereroensis Kraenzl., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 626 (1908).
  • Lissochilus speciosus var. culveri (Schltr.) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(3): 59 (1912).
  • Eulophia sapinii De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 6: 103 (1919).
  • Lissochilus homblei De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 6: 88 (1919).
  • Lissochilus sapinii De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 6: 103 (1919).
  • Eulophia wakefieldii (Rchb.f. & S.Moore) Summerh., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 500 (1939).
  • Eulophia caloptera (Rchb.f.) Summerh., Kew Bull. 2: 133 (1947 publ. 1948).
  • Eulophia brevisepala (Rendle) Summerh., Kew Bull. 8: 147 (1953).
  • Eulophia austrooccidentalis Sölch, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 177 (1956).
  • Eulophia leucantha (Kraenzl.) Sölch, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 177 (1956).
  • Eulophia granitica (Rchb.f.) Cufod., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 42(3): 1615 (1972).
  • Eulophia homblei (De Wild.) Butzin, Willdenowia 7: 588 (1975).
  • Eulophia volkensii (Rolfe) Butzin, Willdenowia 7: 590 (1975).
  • Eulophia coutreziana Geerinck, Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 60: 183 (1990).

Homonym

• Eulophia speciosa Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 63 (1897), nom. illeg. - vide: Eulophia euantha Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 586 (1915).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bolus, H. 1889. Contributions to South‐African Botany.– Part IV. (With a Revised List of published Species of Extra‐tropical South‐African Orchids). Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 25(170): 156–210. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1889.tb00795.x BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eulophia speciosa. Accessed: 2023 Oct 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Eulophia speciosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Eulophia speciosa. 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 Oct 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Eulophia speciosa. Accessed: 25 Oct 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Eulophia speciosa. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Eulophia speciosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2023.

Vernacular names

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