Calanthe sylvatica

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Calanthe sylvatica']

• Tiếng Việt: Kiều hoa rừng
• 中文: 長距根節蘭, 白花長距蝦脊蘭, 长距虾脊兰
• 中文（简体）: 长距根节兰, 长距虾脊兰
• 中文（臺灣）: 長距根節蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Collabieae • Genus: Calanthe • Species: Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl. (1833)

Synonyms

Basionym Centrosis sylvatica Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 35 (1822) Homotypic synonyms Bletia sylvatica (Thouars) Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 318 (1837) Alismorkis centrosis (Thouars) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 49 (1840) Heterotypic synonyms Centrosis corymbosa Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 35 (1822) Centrosis plantaginea Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 35 (1822) Centrosia aubertii A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 40 (1828) Calanthe sylvestris Lindl. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 253 (1840) Calanthe sylvatica var. natalensis Rchb.f., Linnaea 19: 374 (1846) Calanthe natalensis (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 322 (1856) Calanthe corymbosa (Thouars) Lindl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 129 (1862) Calanthe sanderiana B.S.Williams, Nursery Cat. (B.S.Williams) 1887: 21 (1887) Alismorkis natalensis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 650 (1891) Alismorkis plantaginea (Thouars) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 650 (1891) Calanthe sanderiana Rolfe, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 12: 396 (1892) Calanthe delphinioides Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 55 (1893) Calanthe volkensii Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 46 (1897) Calanthe neglecta Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 570 (1915) Calanthe stolzii Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 569 (1915) Calanthe sylvatica var. pallidipetala Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 166 (1924) Calanthe schliebenii Mansf., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 808 (1933) Calanthe humbertii H.Perrier, Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 6: 258 (1955) Calanthe candida Bosser, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 11: 34 (1989) Calanthe sylvatica var. geerinckiana Stévart, Syst. Geogr. Pl. 70: 147 (2000)

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

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  Calanthe sylvatica
  plate 35 in:
  A.A. Du Petit-Thouars:
  Histoire particulière
  des plantes Orchidées
  (1822)

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  Calanthe sylvatica
  plate 36 in:
  A.A. Du Petit-Thouars:
  Histoire particulière
  des plantes Orchidées
  (1822)

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  Calanthe sylvatica
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  Calanthe natalensis)
  plate 6844 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 111,
  (1885)
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  Calanthe sylvatica
  plate 7 in:
  Harry Bolus:
  Orchids of South Africa
  volume II
  (1911)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Africa Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland. Regional: West Tropical Africa Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Calanthe sylvatica.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Calanthe sylvatica

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