Orchidaceae
Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum cocoinum Bateman ex Lindl.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1964 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda and Angola. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, 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. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • 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.
  • Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). Checklist of the vascular plants of Annobón (Equatorial Guinea). Phytotaxa 171: 1-78.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 31.
  • in Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1964 (1837)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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].
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • 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

  • Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 23, t. 1964 (1837).
  • Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 31 (1897).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 234 (1968).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 20: 187 (1966)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 25, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [209] Cameroon K:SPC-72413.000 No
Mar 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9530] Cameroon K000106901 No
Mar 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [209] Cameroon K000106906 No
Jan 1, 1990 Thomas, D.W. [8265] Cameroon K000106850 No
Jan 1, 1982 Yeoward, D. [s.n.] K000242486 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Welwitsch [689] Angola K000242487 Type Yes
Fay, J.M.; Harris, D. [8431] Central African Republic K:SPC-49890.000 No
Gillett, D. Ghana K:SPC-14704.000 No
K000242484 Unknown Type Material Yes
Yeoward, D. [s.n.] K000242485 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-12897.000 No
K:SPC-08743.000 No
Cox, J.K. [25] Ghana K:SPC-12901.000 No
Lecoufk, Marcel [20018] Cote d'Ivoire K:SPC-51250.000 No
Harley, W.J. [2046] K:SPC-10709.000 No
Ghana K:SPC-14705.000 No
K:SPC-14918.000 No
Jan 1, 1892 Mann, G. [1883] Gabon Bulbophyllum coriscense K000242483 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images