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Bioko |
| Notes: | No less than 5 varieties have been described. They are not distinguished here. At least 4 have been recorded from DRC |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda. Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 317. as Bulbophyllum cochleatum Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 27. as Bulbophyllum cochleatum Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 618. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 294. as Bulbophyllum cochleatum La Croix, I. et al. (1983). Malawi Orchids Volume 1 Epiphytic Orchids National Fauna Preservation Society of Malawi Pages 50 - 51. as Bulbophyllum cochleatum (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Pages 194 - 195. as Bulbophyllum cochleatum (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 172. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 118. as Bulbophyllum cochleatum Stewart, J. & Campbell, B. (1996). Orchids of Kenya Timber Press Inc, Portland Oregon, USA ISBN0-88192-357-5 Page 29. as Bulbophyllum cochleatum (Includes a picture). Vermeulen, J.J. (1987). A Taxonomic Revision of the Continental African Bulbophyllinae Orchid Monographs Volume 2 E.J. Brill, Leiden-New York-Kopnhavn-Koln Pages 39 - 42. (Includes a picture). Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 136 - 137. as Bulbophyllum cochleatum (Includes a picture). |