Bulbophyllum cochleatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Dendrobieae
Genus: Bulbophyllum
Species:
Varietates: (4)
B. c. var. bequaertii – B. c. var. brachyanthum – B. c. var. cochleatum – B. c. var. tenuicaule

Name

Bulbophyllum cochleatum Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 125 (1862)

Synonymy

  • Homotypic
    • Phyllorkis cochleata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891)

Homonym

  • Bulbophyllum cochleatum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 455 (1910), nom. illeg. - vide: Bulbophyllum macphersonii var. spathulatum Dockrill & St.Cloud, N. Queensland Naturalist 26(117): 4 (1957)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierre Leone.
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre.
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Sudan.
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi, Zambia.

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


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Vernacular names

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