Bonatea antennifera

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Bonatea antennifera']

English: Green wood orchid
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 antennifera Rolfe (1905)

Synonyms
Homotypic synonyms Habenaria antennifera (Rolfe) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 508 (1915) Habenaria macrorchis Schltr., Ann. Transvaal Mus. 10: 245 (1924) Bonatea speciosa var. antennifera (Rolfe) Sommerv., Contr. Bolus Herb. 10: 157 (1982)

Images of the whole plant

Bonatea antennifera
South Africa - Pretoria
Groenkloof Nature Res.

Inflorescences

Bonatea antennifera
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria

Flowers

Bonatea antennifera
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria
Bonatea antennifera
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria
Bonatea antennifera
South Africa - Pretoria
Groenkloof Nature Res.
Bonatea antennifera
South Africa - Pretoria
Groenkloof Nature Res.
Bonatea antennifera
South Africa - Pretoria
Groenkloof Nature Res.
Bonatea antennifera
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria

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, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces.

References

Description of taxon

Rolfe, R.A. (1905) The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 2: 450.

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 antennifera.