Checklist: Orchidaceae

ORCHIDACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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Cynorkis kassneriana
Literature:   
Ball, J.S. (1978) Southern African Epiphytic Orchids. Conservation Press, Johannesburg. 
Ball, J.S. (2009) Terrestrial African Orchids, A Selected Review.  
Fibeck, W. & Dare, M. (1993) Terrestrial Orchids in Zimbabwe. Excelsa 16 47-71 
La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995) Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1)  
La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1998) Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 11(2)  
La Croix, I. et al. (1991) Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam 
McMurtry, D., Grobler, L., Grobler, J. & Burns, S. (2008) Field Guide to the ORCHIDS of Northern South Africa and Swaziland Umdaus Press, PO Box 11059 Hatfield 0028 South Africa 
Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1976) A Provisional Checklist of the Orchidaceae of Mozambique South African Journal of Botany 42(4)  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
ORTHOCHILUS Hochst. ex A. Rich. 
Orthochilus walleri (Rchb. f.) Bytebier [VU]
Cyrtopera walleri Rchb. f.
Eulophia angustiflora Kraenzl.
Eulophia piscicelliana Buscal. & Schltr.
Eulophia walleri (Rchb. f.) Kraenzl.
  
FZ.11. BONATEA Willd. 
Bonatea steudneri (Rchb. f.) T. Durand & Schinz [CR]
Bonatea kayseri (Kraenzl.) Rolfe
Bonatea ugandae Summerh.
Habenaria ecaudata Kraenzl.
Habenaria kayseri Kraenzl.
Habenaria steudneri Rchb. f.
  
FZ.15. HABENARIA Willd. 
Habenaria kilimanjari Rchb.f.
Habenaria lutaria Schltr.
Habenaria martialis Rchb. f.
Habenaria theodorii Kraenzl.
Habenaria uhligii Kraenzl.
Habenaria subarmata Rchb. f.
  
FZ.53. EULOPHIA Lindl. 
LISSOCHILUS R. Br. 
Eulophia hereroensis Schltr. [EN]
Eulophia junodiana Kraenzl.
Eulophia pillansii Bolus
Eulophia undulata Rolfe
Eulophia leachii Greatrex ex A.V. Hall [VU]
Eulophia livingstoneana (Rchb. f.) Summerh. [EN]
Eulophia livingstoniana (Rchb. f.) Summerh.
Lissochilus livingstoneanus Rchb. f.
Eulophia speciosa (R. Br. ex Lindl.) Bolus
Eulophia wakefieldii (Rchb. f. & S. Moore) Summerh.
Lissochilus brevisepalus Rendle
Lissochilus speciosus R.Br. ex Lindl.
Lissochilus wakefieldii Rchb. f. & S. Moore
  
FZ.56. ANSELLIA Lindl. 
Ansellia africana Lindl. [VU]
Ansellia gigantea Rchb. f. var. nilotica (Baker f.) Summerh.
Ansellia humilis W. Bull
Ansellia nilotica (Baker) N.E. Br.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Caprivi: Checklist: Orchidaceae].
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