taxonID	type	description	language	source
B54B6427A867FFC1108AF937E858FE98.taxon	description	(Fig. 2) This species was only described in 1998 in Flora Zambesiaca based on Faulkner 436 collected in September 1940 at Alto Catumbela. The holotype specimen is at K with an isotype preserved at PRE. Helen Faulkner illustrated the species as painting number 9 in notebook 1. She re-painted it separately on good quality paper, which she did for a number of drawings, and presented the illustration to Kew in 1948. Until recently only one specimen, Richards 20554, collected in Tanzania (Mpanda, Ufipa, T 4) in October 1968 by Mary Richards could be attributed to this species, besides the type gathering. A third gathering, Cruse 32 from Mufulira in Zambia, mentioned in Flora Zambesiaca is probably this species, but could not be assigned to it with certainty according to la Croix & Cribb (1998). It thus seems that this is a rare species despite the note from Faulkner in her notebook saying “ An orchid common in burnt off ground in the forest ”. It may be more common than the few specimens would indicate as my colleague, Nicholas Wightman, and I have found it in Lusaka East Forest Reserve and near Palabana in Lusaka Province, Zambia, and Caroline Conradie also saw it near Mbala in the Northern Province of Zambia. However, it is incredibly difficult to spot on burnt ground in miombo forest as the inflorescence is narrow and inconspicuous, the flowers are small, the leaves are vestigial and it flowers before the rains set in when few botanists look for plants.	en	Bytebier, Benny (2025): New and noteworthy records to the Angolan orchid flora revealed by the littleknown watercolours of Helen Faulkner (1888 - 1979). Phytotaxa 710 (1): 79-90, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4
B54B6427A861FFC0108AFF7CEFE9FE65.taxon	description	(Fig. 3) This is the second species that was described on the basis of a specimen collected and illustrated by Faulkner. Summerhayes (1958) revised the genus Platycoryne and designated Faulkner 452, also from Alto Catumbela and collected in October 1940, as the type. It was the only specimen referred to in the protologue. Since then, it has been recorded from Angola and Zambia, but remains a rather inconspicuous and rare species only found in wet dambos. The species is illustrated as drawing number 5 in notebook 1, but there is no separate illustration in K.	en	Bytebier, Benny (2025): New and noteworthy records to the Angolan orchid flora revealed by the littleknown watercolours of Helen Faulkner (1888 - 1979). Phytotaxa 710 (1): 79-90, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4
B54B6427A862FFC3108AF911E935F835.taxon	description	(Fig. 5 A) Painting number 3 in notebook 1 is Eulophia subsaprophytica. This species was described based on a specimen collected by Stolz (Stolz 1807) from Mulinda Forest (Rungwe District, Mbeya Region) in Tanzania. Although widespread and distributed over neighbouring countries such as the DR Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, it has not been recorded from Angola before.	en	Bytebier, Benny (2025): New and noteworthy records to the Angolan orchid flora revealed by the littleknown watercolours of Helen Faulkner (1888 - 1979). Phytotaxa 710 (1): 79-90, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4
B54B6427A862FFC3108AFF7CE834FC7C.taxon	description	(Fig. 4) Painting number 45 in notebook 5 immediately drew my attention. Unfortunately, there is no herbarium specimen associated with this painting. Nevertheless, the painting is detailed and shows all aspects of the plants including the habit, front and side view of the flower, and the leaves (Fig. 4 A). I was pretty sure that it belongs to the genus Habenaria, which is one of the genera I am actively working on, but I had never seen this species before. White flowers are rather unusual in African Habenaria and the trilobed lip with the side lobes starting in the middle of the lip is even more unusual. Despite this, I was not immediately able to name this taxon. It did not key out in Flora Zambesiaca, which, in the absence of a flora treatment for Angola, is the best tool to identify plants occurring in Angola. Then, recently, I was sent a photograph (Fig. 4 B) by António Martins, an Angolan naturalist. The image was made in the Kuvango River floodplain near Capelongo (Huíla Province) in October 2020 and was clearly the same plant as the one painted by Mrs Faulkner. Since I was sure that this was not one of the species occurring in the Flora Zambesiaca area, I went through the species descriptions of Habenaria endemic to Angola. One description was a good match, namely that of Habenaria decaptera. This species was described by Reichenbach fil. in 1882 on the basis of a specimen collected by Alexander von Mechow (von Mechow 438, collected in January / February 1880 around Malange [Malanje] in Malanje Province). There are duplicates of this collection in the Reichenbach Herbarium in Vienna (W-R), as well as in Munich (M) and Zurich (Z). There is also a trace drawing of the type at Kew. As far as I’m aware, Helen Faulkner was only the second person to see this species, which she found on a grassy mound in the Alto Catumbela swamp on 26 January 1938 and again on 3 February 1941. Her painting remained unnamed until now. Together with the record from Martins, it significantly expands the known range of this species by about 500 km southwards and can now be assumed to occur in the Benguela, Huíla, and Malanje Provinces of Angola.	en	Bytebier, Benny (2025): New and noteworthy records to the Angolan orchid flora revealed by the littleknown watercolours of Helen Faulkner (1888 - 1979). Phytotaxa 710 (1): 79-90, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4
B54B6427A86CFFCD108AFF7CEEA7FEBC.taxon	description	(Fig. 5 C) Painting 24 in sketchbook 1 represents Habenaria calvilabris. This species was described based on a specimen collected by Mary Richards (Richards 12449) at Lake Chila in Mbala (Northern Province, Zambia). It has been recorded from countries surrounding Angola such as the DR. Congo, Burundi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, but not yet from Angola.	en	Bytebier, Benny (2025): New and noteworthy records to the Angolan orchid flora revealed by the littleknown watercolours of Helen Faulkner (1888 - 1979). Phytotaxa 710 (1): 79-90, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4
B54B6427A86CFFCD108AFE94E821FDB0.taxon	description	(Fig. 5 D) Painting 21 in sketchbook 1 is Habenaria gonatosiphon. This taxon was described based on a specimen collected by Edgar Milne-Redhead and Peter Taylor (Milne-Redhead & Taylor 7982) from the Ulamboni Valley (Songea District, Ruvuma Region) in Tanzania. It also occurs in the DR Congo, Malawi, and Zambia, so it is not surprising that it was found in Angola, yet it has not been recorded from there.	en	Bytebier, Benny (2025): New and noteworthy records to the Angolan orchid flora revealed by the littleknown watercolours of Helen Faulkner (1888 - 1979). Phytotaxa 710 (1): 79-90, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4
B54B6427A86CFFCD108AFD90EA4AFCB4.taxon	description	(Fig. 5 B) Painting 6 in sketchbook 1 is Orthochilus thomsonii. This striking species was described as Eulophia thomsonii based on specimen collected by Joseph Thompson (Thomson s. n.) on his trip through Tanganyika in 1880. Since it furthermore occurs in the DR Congo, Malawi, and Zambia, it could also be expected to occur in Angola, but it is not recorded from there.	en	Bytebier, Benny (2025): New and noteworthy records to the Angolan orchid flora revealed by the littleknown watercolours of Helen Faulkner (1888 - 1979). Phytotaxa 710 (1): 79-90, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.710.1.4
