Benthamia africana

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Benthamia africana']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Benthamia africana'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Benthamia • Species: Benthamia africana (Lindl.) Hermans (2014)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Spiranthes africana Lindl., Bot. Reg. 10: t. 823 (1824)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Satyrium spirale Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 9 (1822), nom. illeg.
- Benthamia spiralis (A.Rich.) A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 39 (1828)
- Habenaria spiralis A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 21 (1828)
- Herminium spirale (A.Rich.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 213 (1855)
- Peristylus spiralis (A.Rich.) S.Moore in J.G.Baker, Fl. Mauritius: 335 (1877)
- Habenaria minutiflora Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 503 (1885)
- Habenaria spiralis (A.Rich.) Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 260 (1895)
- Habenaria dissimulata Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33(2): 404 (1915)
- Benthamia minutiflora (Ridl.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 29 (1924)
- Benthamia spiralis var. dissimulata (Schltr.) H.Perrier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 34 (1934)

Botanical illustrations

Benthamia africana
(as syn.
Satyrium spirale)
plate 9 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: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Benthamia africana.

Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Benthamia africana