Polystachya affinis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Polystachya affinis']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Polystachya affinis'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Polystachyinae • Genus: Polystachya • Species: Polystachya affinis Lindl. (1830)

Synonyms
Homotypic synonyms Dendrorkis affinis (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891) Heterotypic synonyms Polystachya bracteosa Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26 (Misc.): 48 (1840) Dendrorkis bracteosa (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891) Polystachya villosa Cogn., J. Orchidées 7: 139 (1896) Polystachya villosula Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33 (2): 414 (1915)

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  Polystachya affinis
  flowers

Botanical illustrations

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  Polystachya affinis
  (as syn.
  Polystachya bracteosa)
  plate 4161 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 71,
  (1845)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Africa East Tropical Africa Uganda. Northeast Tropical Africa Chad. South Tropical Africa Angola. West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Polystachya affinis.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Polystachya affinis