Oberonia disticha

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Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Malaxideae
Genus: Oberonia
Species: Oberonia disticha
Name

Oberonia disticha (Lam.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 132 (1924)
Synonymy

Basionym
Epidendrum distichum Lam., Encycl. 1: 189 (1783)
Homotypic
Pleurothallis disticha (Lam.) A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 49 (1828)
Heterotypic
Cymbidium equitans Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 92 (1822), nom. illeg.
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), nom. illeg.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Schlechter, F.R.R. 1924. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, Beihefte 33: 132.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Oberonia disticha. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oberonia disticha in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oberonia disticha in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Oberonia disticha. 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 Sep 8. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Oberonia disticha. Published online. Accessed: 8 Sep 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Oberonia disticha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8.

Vernacular names

Oberonia disticha is a species of orchid native to tropical and southern Africa and islands in the west Indian Ocean.[1]
References

"Oberonia disticha", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2017-12-27