<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The genus Bilabrella (Habenarinae, Orchidaceae) was described by Lindley in 1834, but within next years, different authors incorporated it as the section of the genus Habenaria Willd. From 2003, Szlachetko and Kras stated that there were no grounds for distinguishing the sections Bilabrellae and Replicatae. They restored the genus Bilabrella, transfering to it 93 species from the section Replicatae and four species new to science were described. The poor condition of the old plant materials, the lack of some type specimens for many species described by Schlechter and problems with a series of transitional forms between some species are only few reasons, why the revision of the genus has not been published so far. Bilabrella comprises orchids found in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Bilabrella differs from other Habenariinae in its unique combination of features</p></abstract>

The genus Bilabrella (Habenarinae, Orchidaceae) was described by Lindley in 1834, but within next years, different authors incorporated it as the section of the genus Habenaria Willd. From 2003, Szlachetko and Kras stated that there were no grounds for distinguishing the sections Bilabrellae and Replicatae. They restored the genus Bilabrella, transfering to it 93 species from the section Replicatae and four species new to science were described. The poor condition of the old plant materials, the lack of some type specimens for many species described by Schlechter and problems with a series of transitional forms between some species are only few reasons, why the revision of the genus has not been published so far. Bilabrella comprises orchids found in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Bilabrella differs from other Habenariinae in its unique combination of features

The Genus Bilabrella Lindl. (Orchidaceae, Habenariinae): General Characteristic and Research History of The Genus

Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, the University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland

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The genus Bilabrella (Habenarinae, Orchidaceae) was described by Lindley in 1834, but within next years, different authors incorporated it as the section of...

The Genus Bilabrella Lindl. (Orchidaceae, Habenariinae): General Characteristic and Research History of The Genus

Publicado en línea: 11 mar 2015

Páginas: 9 - 24

Recibido: 22 nov 2012

Aceptado: 15 jun 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2013-0012

Palabras clave
taxonomy, research history, Orchidaceae, Habenaria, Bilabrella, Africa

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The Genus Bilabrella Lindl. (Orchidaceae, Habenariinae): General Characteristic and Research History of The Genus

Publicado en línea: 11 mar 2015

Páginas: 9 - 24

Recibido: 22 nov 2012

Aceptado: 15 jun 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2013-0012

Palabras clavetaxonomy, research history, Orchidaceae, Habenaria, Bilabrella, Africa

© De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
taxonomy, research history, Orchidaceae, Habenaria, Bilabrella, Africa