Polystachya tessellata Lindl.

First published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 130 (1862)
This name is a synonym of Polystachya concreta

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn. [Cited as Polystachya mauritiana.]
  • Chiron, G.R. & Bolsanello, R.X. (2013). Orchidées du Brésil. As orquídeas da Serra do Castelo (Espírito Santo, Brasil) 3: 1-389. Chiron. [Cited as Polystachya concreta.]
  • Cribb, P., Hermans, J. & Rakotoarinivo, M. (2009). Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar: 1-456. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Polystachya concreta.]
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Polystachya concreta.]
  • Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 29: 1-41. [Cited as Polystachya mauritiana.]
  • Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. & Baranow, P. (2010). Taxonomic study of Polystachya Hook. (Orchidaceae) from Asia. Plant Systematics and Evolution 290: 57-63. [Cited as Polystachya concreta.]
  • Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2011). A monograph of the subtribe Polystachyinae Schltr. (Orchidaceae): 1-400. Fundacja Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Gdanskiego. [Cited as Polystachya concreta.]
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2015). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 2: 1-300. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany. [Cited as Polystachya concreta.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Polystachya tessellata.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Polystachya tessellata.]
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438. [Cited as Polystachya tessellata.]
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259. [Cited as Polystachya tessellata.]
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396. [Cited as Polystachya tessellata.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Cat. Talb. 146.
  • F.T.A. 7: 114
  • J. Linn Soc. 6: 130 (1862)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Kraenzl. in F. Fedde, Repertorium Speciorum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, Beih. 39: 51 (1926).
  • Lindl. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 6: 130 (1862).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 138 (1968).
  • Robyns & Tournay, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert. 3: 488 (1955).
  • Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 114 (1897).
  • Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 768 (1974).
  • Summerh. in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harv. Univ. 10: 280 (1942).
  • Summerh. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1939: 495 (1939)
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 120, fig. 63/8 (1977).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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