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]

Calanthe sylvatica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: 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)

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