Orchidaceae
Eulophia

Eulophia welwitschii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe

First published in Bol. Soc. Brot. 7: 236 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is DR Congo to S. Africa. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Geerinck, D. (2005). La Problématique taxonomique du complexe Eulophia abyssinica Reichb. f., E. aurantiaca Rolfe, E. carsonii Rolfe, E. euantha Schltr., E. subulata Rendle, E. thomsonii Rolfe, E. Welwitschii (Reichb. f.) Rendle, E. zeyheri Hook. f. (Orchidaceae) en Afrique. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 16: 1-11.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 2, 1965 Elves [s.n.] South Africa K000410479 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2945] Zambia K:SPC-12834.000 No
Gassner, A.; Cribb, P. [140] Malawi K:SPC-46488.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [051] Zambia K:SPC-10931.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2769] Zambia K:SPC-10930.000 No
Paterson, K.R. [M 2] K:SPC-30241.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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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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