Eulophia horsfallii

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Eulophiinae
Genus: Eulophia
Species: Eulophia horsfallii
Name

Eulophia horsfallii (Bateman) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 444 (1936)
Synonymy

Basionym
Lissochilus horsfallii Bateman, Bot. Mag. 91: t. 5486 (1865)
Heterotypic
Lissochilus welwitschii Rchb.f., Flora 48: 188 (1865)
Lissochilus porphyroglossus Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 61 (1878)
Lissochilus sandersonii Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 62 (1878)
Lissochilus alexandri Rchb.f., Flora 65: 532 (1882)
Eulophia porphyroglossa (Rchb.f.) Bolus, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 185 (1889)
Lissochilus dybowskii God.-Leb., Orchidophile (Argenteuil) 12: 300 (1892)
Lissochilus elliotii Rendle, J. Bot. 33: 169 (1895)
Lissochilus multicolor Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 65 (1902)
Lissochilus mahonii Rolfe, Bot. Mag. 131: t. 8047 (1905)
Lissochilus keilianus Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 399 (1909)
Lissochilus transvaalensis Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(3): 57 (1912)
Lissochilus eleogenus Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 589 (1915)
Lissochilus sceptrum Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 589 (1915)
Eulophia mahonii (Rolfe) A.D.Hawkes, Orchid Rev. 72: 27 (1964)
Eulophia rosea A.D.Hawkes, Orchid Rev. 72: 27 (1964), no type indicated
Eulophia sandersonii (Rchb.f.) A.D.Hawkes, Orchid Rev. 72: 27 (1964)
Eulophia keiliana (Kraenzl.) Butzin, Willdenowia 7: 588 (1973)
Eulophia alexandri (Rchb.f.) Butzin, Willdenowia 7: 587 (1975)
Eulophia dybowskii (God.-Leb.) Butzin, Willdenowia 7: 588 (1975)
Eulophia eleogena (Schltr.) Butzin, Willdenowia 7: 588 (1975)
Eulophia huillensis Butzin, Willdenowia 7: 588 (1975)
Eulophia multicolor (Kraenzl.) Butzin, Willdenowia 7: 589 (1975)
Eulophia sceptrum (Schltr.) Butzin, Willdenowia 7: 589 (1975)
Eulophia scottii Butzin, Willdenowia 7: 589 (1975)
Eulophia magnicristata Szlach. & Olszewski, Fl. Cameroun 35: 620 (2001)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia, Sudan.
South Tropical Africa
Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Southern Africa
Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces.
West Tropical Africa
Benin, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.

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

Summerhayes, V.S. 1936. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 442. 444.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eulophia horsfallii. Accessed: 2022 Jan 7.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eulophia horsfallii in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 7. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eulophia horsfallii in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 7. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Eulophia horsfallii. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eulophia horsfallii. Published online. Accessed: 7 Jan 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Eulophia horsfallii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Jan 2022.

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