Disperis purpurata Rchb.
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E12-FFE6-18A3-57D6FB19FC00 |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Disperis purpurata Rchb. |
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63. Disperis purpurata Rchb. View in CoL f.
Linnaea 41: 55 (1877); Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 939 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 306 (1913); J. C. Manning in H. P. Linder F Kurzweil, Orch. S. Afr.: 310 (1999). — Type: South Africa, Hantam Mts , Meyer s.n. (holo-, W). Disperis namaquensis Bolus, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 486
(1884). — Type: South Africa, Namaqualand ,
Morris s.n. (lecto-, SAM, here designated).
Plants pubescent, to 140 mm. Leaves 2, alternate, ovate, 19-30 × 9-25 mm. Flower 1, pink, magenta or rarely white; median sepal ovate, 6- 10 × 5-8 mm, saccate, lateral sepals obovate, 8- 15 × 3-5 mm, spurs to 6 mm long; petals clawed, oblong, 4-8 × 4-5 mm; lip free from gynostemium, blade forming cup together with base of appendage, appendage triangular, apex pubescent.
DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa ( Western and Northern Cape, a single record from the Eastern Cape); in fynbos in the dry inland areas, often in shaded spots at the base of shrubs or rocks, frequently in seepage zones from 800 to 1500 m. Flowering mainly from August to October .
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University of the Witwatersrand |
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University of Copenhagen |
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University of Helsinki |
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Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants |
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Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department |
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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
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Naturhistorisches Museum Wien |
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