Cyrtorchis

Cyrtorchis arcuata (Typus)

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: Cyrtorchis

Overview of species

C. arcuata – C. aschersonii – C. brownii – C. chailluana – C. crassifolia – C. erythraeae – C. glaucifolia – C. guillaumetii – C. hamata – C. henriquesiana – C. injoloensis – C. letouzeyi – C. monteiroae – C. neglecta – C. praetermissa – C. ringens – C. seretii – C. submontana

Name

Cyrtorchis Schltr., Die Orchideen: 596 (1914)

Type species: Cyrtorchis arcuata (Lindl.) Schltr., Orchideen: 596 (1914)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
- Homocolleticon (Summerh.) Szlach. & Olszewski in Fl. Cameroun 36: 727 (2001)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Eritrea, Ethiopia.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland.
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 379 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
Schlechter, F.R.R. 1914. Die Orchideen 595.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Cyrtorchis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 22.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Cyrtorchis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 22.

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Cyrtorchis. Published online. Accessed 22 December 2018.

The Plant List 2013. Cyrtorchis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 22.

Tropicos.org 2018. Cyrtorchis . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 22.

Vernacular names

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