Disperis cucullata Sw.

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 196-197

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519

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scientific name

Disperis cucullata Sw.
status

 

61. Disperis cucullata Sw. View in CoL

Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 220 (1800); Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 923 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 304 (1913); J. C. Manning in H. P. Linder F Kurzweil, Orch. S. Afr.: 311 (1999). — Dipera cucullata (Sw.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. View in CoL 3: 696 (1826), nom. superfl. — Type: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Thunberg s.n. (lecto-, S, designated by Linder F Kurzweil 1999) .

Plants puberulous, 60-200 mm. Leaves 2, alternate, elliptic-ovate, 7-25 × 3.5-11 mm. Flower 1, green; median sepal deeply hooded, ovate, 4-9 × 4-8 mm, lateral sepals ovate, 8-17 × 4-6 mm; petals falcate, oblong, 4-8 × 1-1.5 mm; lip free from gynostemium, blade forming cup together with base of appendage, verrucose on inside, appendage oblong, pubescent apically ( Fig. 12A, B View FIG ).

Disperis cucullata View in CoL is known to hybridise with D. villosa View in CoL , resulting in the hybrid D. × duckittiae ( STEWART et al. 1982: 210).

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South

Africa (Western Cape); in damp, sandy places in

fynbos from 30 to 350 m. Flowering mainly in August and September.

J

University of the Witwatersrand

C

University of Copenhagen

H

University of Helsinki

P

Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants

F

Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Disperis

Loc

Disperis cucullata Sw.

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C. 2005
2005
Loc

Disperis cucullata

STEWART J. & LINDER H. P. & SCHELPE E. A. & HALL A. V. 1982: 210
1982
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