Polystachya ottoniana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Polystachyinae
Genus: Polystachya
Species: Polystachya ottoniana

Name

Polystachya ottoniana Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 11: 249 (1855)

Synonymy

  • Homotypic
    • Dendrorkis ottoniana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891)
  • Heterotypic
    • Pleurothallis capensis (Sond. ex Harv.) Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 9: 44 (1859)
    • Polystachya capensis Sond. ex Harv., Thes. Cap. 2: 51 (1863)
    • Dendrorkis capensis (Sond. ex Harv.)Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891)
    • Polystachya glaberrima Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 11 (1895)
    • Polystachya pisobulbon Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 397 (1912)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland.

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Russell, A., Rosabelle, S., Rupp, B., Barfuss, M.H.J., Safran, M., Besendorfer, V, & Chase, M.W. (2010) Phylogenetics and cytology of a pantropical orchid genus Polystachya (Polystachyinae, Vandeae, Orchidaceae): Evidence from plastid DNA sequence data, Taxon, 59 (2): 389–404.

Vernacular names


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