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Internal ID UUID64403ad28316e810174910
Scientific name Eulophia speciosa
Authority Bolus
First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 184 (1889)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Limodorum giganteum Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 4 (1794)
Lissochilus brevisepalus Rendle J. Bot. 33: 195 (1895)
Lissochilus calopterus Rchb.f. Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 218 (1855)
Lissochilus dispersus Rolfe Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 13: 684 (1893)
Lissochilus graniticus Rchb.f. Otia Bot. Hamburg. : 75 (1881)
Lissochilus hereroensis Kraenzl. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 8: 626 (1908)
Lissochilus homblei De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 6: 88 (1919)
Lissochilus leucanthus Kraenzl. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 4: 1009 (1904)
Lissochilus rendlei Rolfe Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 96 (1897)
Lissochilus sapinii De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 6: 103 (1919)
Lissochilus speciosus R.Br. Bot. Reg. 7: t. 573 (1821)
Lissochilus volkensii Rolfe Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 94 (1897)
Lissochilus wakefieldii Rchb.f. & S.Moore J. Bot. 16: 136 (1878)
Satyrium giganteum L.f. Suppl. Pl. : 402 (1782)
Eulophia speciosa var. culveri Schltr. Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 10. 1895
Lissochilus speciosus var. culveri (Schltr.) Rolfe Fl. Cap. 5(3): 59 1912
Cymbidium giganteum Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 224 (1800)
Cyrtopera gigantea Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. : 190 (1833)
Epidendrum giganteum Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 1: 376 (1810)
Eulophia austrooccidentalis Solch Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 177 (1956)
Eulophia brevisepala (Rendle) Summerh. Kew Bull. 8: 147 (1953)
Eulophia caloptera (Rchb.f.) Summerh. Kew Bull. 2: 133 (1947 publ. 1948)
Eulophia dispersa [N.E.Br.] Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1892: 127 (1892)
Eulophia homblei (De Wild.) Butzin Willdenowia 7: 588 (1975)
Eulophia leucantha (Kraenzl.) Solch Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 177 (1956)
Eulophia sapinii De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 6: 103 (1919)
Eulophia volkensii (Rolfe) Butzin Willdenowia 7: 590 (1975)
Eulophia wakefieldii (Rchb.f. & S.Moore) Summerh. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 500 (1939)
Eulophia granitica (Rchb.f.) Butzin Willdenowia 7(3): 588. 1975

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Zaïre

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World Flora Online wfo-0000960269
Tropicos 23505658
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:634928-1
The Plant List kew-77949
Open Tree Of Life 3981477
NCBI Taxonomy 1386273
IUCN Red List 44393113
IPNI 634928-1
iNaturalist 140704
GBIF 5311380
Freebase /m/06610ym
EOL 1098840
Wikipedia Eulophia_speciosa

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Vascular Epiphytic Medicinal Plants as Sources of Therapeutic Agents: Their Ethnopharmacological Uses, Chemical Composition, and Biological Activities Nugraha AS, Triatmoko B, Wangchuk P, Keller PA Biomolecules 24-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC7072150
doi:10.3390/biom10020181
PMID:31991657

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