Brachycorythis ovata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Brachycorythis ovata']

• isiZulu: imfeyamasele yentaba

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Brachycorythis • Species: Brachycorythis ovata Lindl (1838)

Synonyms

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Type species

Species

Natural habitats

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  Brachycorythis ovata
  South Africa - Eastern Cape
  Pondoland

Images of the whole plant

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  Brachycorythis ovata
  South Africa - Eastern Cape
  Pondoland

Flowers

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  Brachycorythis ovata
  South Africa - Eastern Cape
  Pondoland
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  Brachycorythis ovata
  South Africa - Eastern Cape
  Pondoland
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  Brachycorythis ovata
  South Africa - Eastern Cape
  Pondoland

Botanical illustrations

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  Brachycorythis ovata
  plate 62 in:
  Harry Bolus:
  Orchids of South Africa
  volume I
  (1896)

Subspecies

Brachycorythis ovata subsp. welwitschii (Rchb.f.) Summerh., Kew Bull. 10: 257 (1955)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Africa West Tropical Africa Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Brachycorythis ovata.