Bulbophyllum pumilum

Bulbophyllum pumilum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Dendrobieae
Genus: Bulbophyllum
Species: Bulbophyllum pumilum

Name

Bulbophyllum pumilum (Sw.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 54 (1830)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Dendrobium pumilum Sw., Neues J. Bot. 1: 97 (1805)
• Homotypic
  • Genyorchis pumila (Sw.) Schltr., Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped.: 280 (1900)
• Heterotypic
  • Tribrachia recurva (Lindl.) Lindl., Coll. Bot.: t. 41 (1826)
  • Bulbophyllum recurvum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 53 (1830)
  • Bulbophyllum flavidum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 83 (1840)
  • Taurostalix herminiostachys Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 933 (1852)
  • Bulbophyllum herminiostachys (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 254 (1861)
  • Bulbophyllum pavimentatum Lindl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 128 (1861)
  • Bulbophyllum gabonis Linden & Rchb.f., Flora 48: 185 (1865)
  • Bulbophyllum drallei Rchb.f. in E.A.von Regel, Gartenflora 34: 20 (1885)
  • Phyllorkis flavida (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891)
  • Phyllorkis herminostachys (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891)
  • Phyllorkis pavimentata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891)
  • Phyllorkis recurva (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891)
  • Polystachya bulbophylloides Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1891: 199 (1891)
  • Bulbophyllum porphyroglossum Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 24 (1895)
  • Bulbophyllum flavidum var. purpureum Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 30 (1897)
  • Bulbophyllum nanum De Wild., Not. Pl. Util. Congo 1: 122 (1903)
  • Bulbophyllum papillosum Finet, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 9: 303 (1903)
  • Bulbophyllum calabaricum Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 114 (1906)
  • Bulbophyllum moliwense Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 157 (1906)
  • Bulbophyllum winkleri Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 158 (1906)
  • Bulbophyllum leucopogon Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 391 (1912)
  • Bulbophyllum dorotheae Rendle, Cat. Pl. Oban: 100 (1913)
  • Bulbophyllum imogeniae K.Ham., Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 27: 228 (1917)
  • Bulbophyllum verecundum Summerh., Kew Bull. 8: 582 (1953 publ. 1954)
  • Bulbophyllum yangambiense Louis & Mullend. ex Geerinck, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 109: 176 (1976)
  • Bulbophyllum elachon J.J.Verm., Selbyana 7: 11 (1982)

References

• Lindley, J. 1930. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 54.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 4 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Bulbophyllum pumilum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 April 21. Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2016. Bulbophyllum pumilum in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2016 April 219.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Bulbophyllum pumilum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 April 2016.
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Bulbophyllum pumilum. Published online. Accessed: 21. April 2016.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

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

Vernacular names

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