Orchidaceae

Corymborkis Thouars

First published in Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 318 (1809)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Leeward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 179.
  • in Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 318 (1809)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Rasmussen in Bot. Tidsskr. 71: 161–192 (1977)
  • in Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 318 (1809).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Rasmussen in Bot. Tidsskr. 71: 161–192 (1977)
  • in Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 318 (1809)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Kerr, A.F.G. [0606] Thailand K000595977 No
Cheek, M.; Harvey, Y.; Etuge, M.; Tchiengue, B.; Corcoran, M.; Horwath, A. [12847] Cameroon K001495571 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [0413] Thailand K000595976 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3202] Tanzania K:SPC-20631.000 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [0417] Thailand K000595978 No
Cheek, M. [1303] Madagascar Corymborchis K:SPC-57138.000 No
Jenkins, F. [5325] India Corymborchis K000387660 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0