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Taxon

Polystachya piersii P.J.Cribb

Protologue Orchidee (Hamburg) 34(5): 192. 1983IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Polystachya piersii--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 183.jpg

Polystachya piersii--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 183.jpg

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Polystachya piersii--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 185.jpg

Polystachya piersii--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 185.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polystachya piersii--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 181.jpg

Polystachya piersii--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 181.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polystachya piersii--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 184.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polystachya piersii--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 182.jpg

Polystachya piersii--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 182.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polystachya piersii--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 186.jpg

Polystachya piersii--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 186.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polystachya piersii, 24195.1346--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard.  26 Jun 04. 043.jpg

Polystachya piersii, 24195.1346--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 26 Jun 04. 043.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polystachya piersii, 24195.1346--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard.  26 Jun 04. 044.jpg

Polystachya piersii, 24195.1346--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 26 Jun 04. 044.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Kenya, Uganda (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

24195.1346

June 26, 2004

Location

Kenya (Nairobi Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

Part of the National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill Rd. and Kipande Rd., Nairobe.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

July 12, 2004

Location

Kenya (Nairobi Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

Part of the National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill Rd. and Kipande Rd., Nairobe.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Polystachya

Specific Epithet

piersii

Authorship

P.J.Cribb

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#235,577 of 335,497

Top 71%

Extinction probability

14%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →