Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl. is a plant in the Orchidaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl. (Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl.)
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Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl.

Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl.

Calanthe sylvatica is an orchid species native to parts of Africa and several southwestern Indian Ocean islands.

Family
Genus
Calanthe
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl.

Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl. is an orchid species. It is native to tropical and southern Africa, ranging from Sierra Leone to Tanzania to South Africa. It is also native to Madagascar, the Comoros, Mauritius, and Réunion.

Photo: (c) Ehoarn Bidault, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ehoarn Bidault · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Orchidaceae Calanthe

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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