Bonatea speciosa
Typus of Bonatea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Bonatea

Overview of species (13)

B. antennifera  B. boltonii  B. cassidea  B. lamprophylla  B. polypodantha  B. porrecta  B. pulchella  B. rabaiensis  B. saundersioides  B. speciosa  B. stereophylla  B. steudneri  B. volkensiana

Name

Bonatea Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 43 (1805)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Rwanda, Zaïre.
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, 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

Vernacular names

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