Polystachya alpina

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Polystachya alpina']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Polystachya alpina'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Polystachyinae • Genus: Polystachya • Species: Polystachya alpina Lindl. (1862)

Synonyms
Homotypic synonyms Dendrorkis alpina (Lindl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891) Unguiculabia alpina (Lindl.) Szlach. & Mytnik, Richardiana 8: 21 (2008) Heterotypic synonyms Polystachya preussii Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 51 (1893) Polystachya winkleri Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 154 (1906) Polystachya talbotii Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 282 (1910)

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Nigeria. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Island.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Polystachya alpina.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Polystachya alpina