Mystacidium capense

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Mystacidium capense']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Mystacidium capense'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Angraecinae • Genus: Mystacidium • Species: Mystacidium capense (L.f.) Schltr. (1914)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Epidendrum capense L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 407 (1782)
Homotypic synonyms
- Angraecum capense (L.f.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 248 (1833)
- Mystacidium filicorne Lindl., Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 206 (1837)
- Aeranthes filicornis Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 900 (1864)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Limodorum longicornu Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 230 (1800)
- Eulophia longicornis (Sw.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 720 (1826)
- Epidorkis longicornis (Sw.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891)
- Mystacidium longicornu (Sw.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 53 (1894)

Type species

Images of the whole plant

Mystacidium capense
Mystacidium capense

Inflorescences

Flowers

Buds

Botanical illustrations

Mystacidium capense
(as syn.
Mystacidium filicorne)
plate 55 in:
Harry Bolus:
Orchids of South Africa
volume I
(1896)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Africa Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Mystacidium capense.

Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Mystacidium capense