Eulophia mechowii

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 mechowii

Name

Eulophia mechowii (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 23 (1894)

Synonymy

  • Basionym
    • Orthochilus mechowii Rchb.f., Flora 65: 532 (1882)
  • Heterotypic
    • Eulophia bicolor Rchb.f. & Sond., Flora 48: 186 (1865), nom. illeg.
    • Orthochilus renschianus Rchb.f., Flora 65: 532 (1882)
    • Eulophia welwitschii Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 119: t. 7330 (1893), nom. illeg.
    • Eulophia zeyheri Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 119: t. 7330 (1893)
    • Eulophia milanjiana Rendle, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 44 (1894)
    • Eulophia renschiana (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 25 (1894)
    • Eulophia praestans Rendle, J. Bot. 33: 166 (1895)
    • Eulophia woodii Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 5 (1895)
    • Eulophia dichroma Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 62 (1897)
    • Eulophia lujae De Wild., Pl. Nov. Horti Then.: t. 17 (1904)
    • Eulophia granducalis Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 340 (1909)
    • Eulophia amblypetala Kraenzl., Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 68: 420 (1923)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Nigeria.
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Rwanda, Zaïre.
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia, Sudan.
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Southern Africa
      • KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces.

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

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

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