Bartholina

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Bartholina
Overview of species (2)

B. burmanniana – B. etheliae
Name

Bartholina R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 194 (1813)

Type species: Bartholina burmanniana (L.) Ker Gawl., Brand. J. Sci. 4: 204 (1818)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Lathrisia Sw., Adnot. Bot.: 48 (1829)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
Southern Africa
Cape Provinces, Namibia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Brown, R. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 194.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 259 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Bartholina. Accessed: 2021 Mar 7.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bartholina in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 7. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bartholina in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 7. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Bartholina. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Bartholina. Published online. Accessed: 7 Mar 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Bartholina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 7.

Vernacular names

English: Spider orchids
español: Orquídea araña
перем коми: Бартолина
коми: Бартолина
мокшень: Бартолина
олык марий: Бартолина
кырык мары: Бартолина
удмурт: Бартолина

Bartholina is an orchid genus native to South Africa and Namibia.[1]

A member of the Fynbos plant kingdom, Bartholina is also known as the "spider orchid". The common name comes from the array of long, narrow petal lobes that surround the flower, said to resemble the legs of a spider.

The genus is named after the seventeenth century Danish scientist Thomas Bartholin.

Two species are recognized:[1]

Bartholina burmanniana (L.) Ker Gawl. (syn, Bartholina pectinata) - Cape Province
Bartholina etheliae Bolus - Namibia and Cape Province

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families