Disperis disaeformis Schltr.

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 189-190

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

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scientific name

Disperis disaeformis Schltr.
status

 

46. Disperis disaeformis Schltr.

Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 35: 47 (1893), Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 935 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 308 (1913); J . C . Manning in H . P . Linder F Kurzweil , Orch. S . Afr. : 304 (1999). — Type: South Africa, near Riversdale, Schlechter 2143 (holo-, B †) .

Plants to 150 mm. Leaves 2, alternate, ovate, 10-26 × 4-16 mm. Flowers 1-4(-7), whitish, often tinged pink; median sepal obovate, 5 × 3 mm, with deflexed sac 2-5 mm long, lateral sepals ovate, 5 × 2 mm; petals ovate, 3.5 × 2.5 mm; lip blade triangular, appendage oblong, apical part recurved, with long papillae ( Fig. 8C, D View FIG ).

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape, KwaZulu- Natal, a single collection from Limpopo); in grassland, scrub and forest patches in relatively d r y a re a s a n d i n Ac a c i a s c r u b f ro m 3 5 0 t o 1000 m. Flowering mainly from July to October .

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

B

Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Disperis

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