Eulophia guineensis

Eulophia guineensis

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 guineensis

Name

Eulophia guineensis Lindl., Bot. Reg. 8: t. 686 (1823).

• Type species

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Graphorkis guineensis (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 662 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Eulophia quartiniana A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 284 (1850).
  • Saccolabium abyssinicum A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss.: t. 81 (1851).
  • Galeandra quartiniana (A.Rich.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 552 (1852).
  • Eulophia guineensis var. purpurata Rchb.f. ex Kotschy, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1, 51: 352 (1865).
  • Eulophia congoensis Cogn., J. Orchidées 6: 155 (1895).
  • Eulophia guineensis var. kibilana Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 587 (1915).
  • Eulophia guineensis var. tisserantii Szlach. & Olszewski, Fl. Cameroun 35: 608 (2001).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Macaronesia Cape Verde. Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana. West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaire. Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1823. Botanical Register 8: t. 686.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 100 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eulophia guineensis. Accessed: 2024 Feb 7.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Eulophia guineensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2024 Feb 7. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Eulophia guineensis. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2024 Feb 7. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Eulophia guineensis. Accessed: 7 Feb 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Eulophia guineensis. Published online. Accessed 7 Feb 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Eulophia guineensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 7 Feb 2024.

Vernacular names

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