Oberonia disticha

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Oberonia disticha']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Oberonia disticha'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Malaxideae • Genus: Oberonia • Species: Oberonia disticha (Lam.) Schltr. (1924)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Epidendrum distichum Lam., Encycl. 1: 189 (1783)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Cymbidium equitans Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 92 (1822)
- Oberonia brevifolia Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 16 (1830)
- Malaxis brevifolia (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 215 (1861)
- Iridorkis equitans Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 669 (1891)
- Oberonia equitans (Kuntze) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33: 411 (1915)

Botanical illustrations

Oberonia disticha
(as syn.
Cymbidium equitans)
plate 92 in:
A.A. Du Petit-Thouars:
Histoire particulière
des plantes Orchidées
(1822)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Continental: Africa
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Mozambique (doubtful), Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Northern Provinces.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Ghana, Guinea.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion.

External links

Wikispecies has an entry on: Oberonia disticha.

Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Oberonia disticha