Cynorkis usambarae Rolfe
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1893
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Usambara Mountains (east), Tanzania
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Hamilton, A.C. and Bensted-Smith, R. 1989. Forest conservation in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.
IUCN SSC East African Plants Red List Authority. 2013. Cynorkis usambarae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T179309A1574781. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T179309A1574781.en. Downloaded on 26 December 2015.
Newmark, W. D. 1991. Tropical forest fragmentation and the local extinction of understorey birds in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Conservation Biology 5(1): 67-78.
Rodgers, W. A. and Homewood, K. M. 1982. Species richness and endemism in the Usambara mountain forests, Tanzania. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 18: 197-242.
Summerhayes, V.S. 1968. Orchidaceae part 1. Flora of Tropical East Africa, Crown Agents, London.