Aeranthes parkesii G.Will. (1990:250)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Possibly Extinct in the Wild (Timberlake, 2020)
Last (and only) wild record: 1977 (Timberlake, 2020)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct in the Wild)
Distribution & Habitat
Mt. Nyangani, Zimbabwe
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Williamson, G. (1990). New orchids from the Flora Zambesiaca region. Kirkia 13(2): 245-252.
Other references:
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
la Croix, I. and Cribb, P. J. (1998). Orchidaceae (part 2). In: G.V. Pope (ed.), Flora Zambesiaca Volume 1, Part 2, pp. 321-569. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
Mapaura, A. and Timberlake, J. R. (2002). Zimbabwe. In: J.S. Golding (ed.), Southern African Plant Red Data Lists, pp. 157-182. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 14. SABONET, Pretoria.
Muller, T. (2006). The distribution, classification and conservation of rainforests in Eastern Zimbabwe. Occasional Publications in Biodiversity No.19. Biodiversity Foundation for Africa, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 29 July 2025]
Timberlake, J. (2020). Aeranthes parkesii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T122446980A122447119. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T122446980A122447119.en. Accessed on 05 July 2022.