Bonatea speciosa

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Bonatea speciosa']

Afrikaans: Moederkappie

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Bonatea (Orchidaceae) • Species: Bonatea speciosa (L.f.) Willd.(1805)

Synonyms
Basionym Orchis speciosa L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 401 (1782) Homotypic synonyms Habenaria bonatea Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 101 (1881) Heterotypic synonyms Bonatea densiflora Sond., Linnaea 19: 80 (1846) Habenaria densiflora (Sond.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 1: 797 (1849) Habenaria robusta N.E.Br., Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 307 (1885)

Inflorescences

Bonatea speciosa
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria

Flowers

Bonatea speciosa
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria
Bonatea speciosa
Bonatea speciosa
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria
Bonatea speciosa
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria
Bonatea speciosa
Bonatea speciosa
Bonatea speciosa
Bonatea speciosa

Botanical illustrations

Bonatea speciosa
plate 2926 in:
Curtis's Bot. Magazine
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 56,
(1829)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Continental: Africa Regional: South Tropical Africa Mozambique. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal.

References

Description of taxon

Willdenow, C.L. von (1805)

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2001) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 263 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507100

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Bonatea speciosa.

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