Disperis wealei Rchb.
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E15-FFE2-18A3-5241FEDCFC8A |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Disperis wealei Rchb. |
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69. Disperis wealei Rchb. View in CoL f.
Otia Bot. Hamburg. 2: 103 (1881), as wealii; Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 925 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 300 (1913), as wealii; J. C. Manning in H. P. Linder F Kurzweil, Orch. S. Afr.: 319 (1999). — Type: South Africa, Eastern Cape, Weale 917 (holo-, W; iso-, BOL, K, SAM). Disperis gracilis Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20, Beibl. 50 :
44 (1895), Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 925
(1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 299 (1913). — Type:
South Africa, “Transvaal”, Schlechter 4393 (holo-,
B†; iso-, K, NH).
Disperis flava Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 300 (1913). — Type: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Allison 3 (holo-, K).
Plants to 300 mm. Leaves 2-5, alternate, ovate, ± 1 1-20 × 5-7 mm. Flowers 1-4, white; median sepal ovate, 6-8 × 5-7 mm, hooded, lateral sepals elliptic, 9-11 × 4-5 mm; petals falcate, clawed, rotund, 6-8 × 4-6 mm; lip blade triangular, upcurved, boat-shaped, appendage oblong, conduplicate, pubescent ( Fig. 13H View FIG ).
DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, one record each from Mpumalanga and Limpopo) and Lesotho; common in moist to wet montane grassland, often along streams or near forest margins from 1500 to 2700 m; once recorded epiphytic on Encephalartos (Cycadaceae) . Flowering mainly in January and February.
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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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University of Cape Town |
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Royal Botanic Gardens |
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South African Museum |
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