Orchidaceae
Platycoryne

Platycoryne buchananiana (Kraenzl.) Rolfe

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 257 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 257 (1898), pro parte.
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 13: 63 (1958).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 25, 2019 Wightman, N. [NcW82] Zambia K001417569 No
Nov 25, 2019 Wightman, N. [NcW100] Zambia K001412250 No
Nov 25, 2019 Wightman, N. [NcW95] Zambia K001412251 No
Nov 25, 2019 Wightman, N. [NcW102] Zambia K001412203 No
Nov 25, 2019 Wightman, N. [NcW128] Zambia K001412206 No
Feb 5, 2019 Bytebier, B. [3558] Zambia K001417598 No
Dec 11, 2017 Bone, R.E.; Wightman, N.; Yokoya, K.; Hostetter, J. [RB 417] Zambia K001635562 No
May 4, 1962 Stolz, A. [140] K000415965 Type Yes
Jul 5, 1957 Verdick [334] Congo, Republic of the K000415964 Type Yes
Jul 5, 1957 Kassner, T. [2290a] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000415963 Type Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2596] Zambia K:SPC-20930.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7947a] Tanzania K:SPC-09477.000 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10540] Tanzania K:SPC-36781.000 No
Williamson, G. [758] Zambia K:SPC-01800.057 No
Buchanan, J. [1155] Malawi K000415966 Type Yes
Tanzania K:SPC-36509.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3546] Zambia K:SPC-09475.000 No
Bone, R.E.; Wightman, N.; Mwaba, J. [RB 430] Zambia K:SPC-67286.000 No
Bone, R.E.; Wightman, N.; Yokoya, K.; Hostetter, J. [RB 417] Zambia K:SPC-78770.000 No
Bidgood, S., et al. [s.n.] Tanzania K000718646 Yes
Schaijes, M. [2161] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-48956.000 No
Richards, H.M. [4172] Zambia K:SPC-18513.000 No
Bidgood, S., et al. [7997] Tanzania K000718645 Yes
Richards, H.M. [4556] Zambia K:SPC-18512.000 No
Cribb, P.J. [6014] Malawi K:SPC-49147.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [6129] Zambia K:SPC-36530.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8364] Tanzania K:SPC-09478.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8637] Tanzania K:SPC-09479.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [4341] Zambia K:SPC-20929.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [0188A] Zambia K:SPC-36566.000 No
Robson, N.K.B. [1166] Malawi K:SPC-09481.000 No
Watermeyer, A.M. [255] Tanzania K:SPC-20677.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7947] Tanzania K:SPC-09476.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [2137] Zambia K:SPC-09480.000 No

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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    • 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