Orchidaceae
Habenaria

Habenaria keniensis Summerh.

First published in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 10: 270 (1942)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Piers, E. Afr. Orch.: 97, fig. 56 (1951)
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr.: 19, t. II/10 (1959).
  • Summerh. in Bot. Mus. Lean. Harv. Univ. 10: 270 (1942).
  • Tweedie in Journ. E.A. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 22 (1964).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Geesteranus, R.A.M. [5038] Kenya K000284925 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7846] Kenya K000284919 Yes
Turner, A. [6826] Kenya K000284924 Yes
Geesteranus, R.A.M. [4979] Kenya K000284926 Yes
Tweedie [703] Kenya K000284920 Yes
Piers, F. [46] Kenya K000284918 Yes
Chandler, P. [2399] Kenya K000284923 Yes
Piers, F. [92] Kenya K:SPC-17280.000 No
Dowson, W.J. [642] Kenya K000284922 Yes
Irwin, P.H. [30] Kenya K000284921 Yes
Tweedie [387] Kenya K000284927 Yes
Graham, R.M. [3227] Kenya K000284928 Yes
Cooper, N. Kenya K:SPC-01526.000 No
Piers, F. [P.46] Kenya K:SPC-05923.000 No
Battiscombe, E. [1220] Kenya K000415691 Type Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [505a] Kenya K:SPC-21764.000 No
Copley, H. [99] Kenya K:SPC-19402.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0