Orchidaceae
Ancistrochilus

Ancistrochilus rothschildianus O'Brien

First published in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 41: 51 (1907)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2015). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 2: 1-300. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & al. (2004). Flore du Gabon 36: 1-231. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 41: 51, fig. 24 (1907).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2015). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 2: 1-300. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cribb in Bot. Mag., n.s. 182, t. 786 (1979).
  • O’Brien in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 41: 51, t. 24 (1907).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 91, fig. 33 (1968).
  • Stewart & Campbell, Orch. Trop. Africa: 36, t. 6 (1970).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 226, fig. 391 (1968).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 1996 Lane, P. [168] Cameroon K000106170 Yes
Mar 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7523] Cameroon K000106040 Yes
Mar 1, 1996 Williams, S. [199] Cameroon K000106043 Yes
Mar 1, 1996 Schoenenberger, J. [17] Cameroon K000027290 Yes
Aug 26, 1987 De Wilde; Arends, J.C. [760] Gabon K:SPC-65130.000 No
Nov 1, 1974 Letouzey, R. [13158] Cameroon K000106779 Yes
Pollard, B.J.; Gosline; Etuge; Johnston; Nabukeera; Zulfiqar; Gilbeau; Fomba [482] Cameroon K000374601 Yes
Segerbach, B. Nigeria K:SPC-37122.000 No
K:SPC-03063.000 No
Cheek, M. [7523] Cameroon K:SPC-61661.000 No
Luke, Q.; Badua, A.; Bokara, D.; Hastings, Z.; Mebulo, I.; Rivas, J. [13503] Equatorial Guinea K001560093 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [5462] Uganda K:SPC-19197.000 No
Meyer, H. [K15] Uganda K:SPC-40920.000 No
Zapfack, L. [517] Cameroon K001394818 Yes
Benin K:SPC-18277.000 No
Harris, D. [5640] Central African Republic K:SPC-61208.000 No
Cox, J.K. [18] Ghana K:SPC-19999.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. [5856] K:SPC-19994.000 No
Medlar, J.; Bowden, J. Nigeria K:SPC-32986.000 No
K:SPC-05631.000 No
Segerback, B. Nigeria K:SPC-38617.000 No
Uganda K:SPC-59587.000 No
Rothschild [62-08] K000242417 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pollard, B.J.; Gosline; Etuge; Johnston; Nabukeera; Zulfiqar; Gilbeau; Fomba [482] Cameroon K:SPC-76131.000 No
Leakey, C.A. [1] Uganda K:SPC-31433.000 No
Keay, R.W.J. [22688] Nigeria K:SPC-19996.000 No
K:SPC-21322.000 No
Nigeria K:SPC-06154.000 No
Meikle, R.D. [518] Nigeria K:SPC-19995.000 No
Meikle, R.D. [517] Nigeria K:SPC-19997.000 No
Williams, S. [199] Cameroon K:SPC-61720.000 No
Lane, P. [168] Cameroon K:SPC-63774.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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