Calanthe sylvatica

Calanthe sylvatica

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Calanthe
Species:	C. sylvatica
Binomial name
*Calanthe sylvatica* (Thouars) Lindl. (1833)
Synonyms^[1]
Centrosis sylvatica Thouars (1822) (Basionym) Alismorkis centrosis (Thouars) Steud. (1840) Alismorkis natalensis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze (1891) Alismorkis plantaginea (Thouars) Kuntze (1891) Bletia sylvatica (Thouars) Bojer (1837) Calanthe candida Bosser (1989) Calanthe corymbosa (Thouars) Lindl. (1862) Calanthe curtisii Rchb.f. (1884) Calanthe delphinioides Kraenzl. (1893) Calanthe humbertii H.Perrier (1955) Calanthe natalensis (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. (1856) Calanthe neglecta Schltr. (1915) Calanthe sanderiana Rolfe (1892) Calanthe schliebenii Mansf. (1933) Calanthe stolzii Schltr. (1915) Calanthe sylvatica var. geerinckiana Stévart (2000) Calanthe sylvatica var. natalensis Rchb.f. (1846) Calanthe sylvatica var. pallidipetala Schltr. (1924) Calanthe sylvestris Lindl. ex Steud. (1840) Calanthe volkensii Rolfe (1897) Centrosia aubertii A. Rich. (1828) Centrosis corymbosa Thouars (1822) Centrosis plantaginea Thouars (1822)

Calanthe sylvatica is a species of orchid. It is native to tropical and southern Africa from Sierra Leone to Tanzania to South Africa, as well as Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius and Réunion.^[1]

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