Disperis lindleyana Rchb.
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E1D-FFEA-18A3-53B9FF1DF901 |
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Carolina |
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Disperis lindleyana Rchb. |
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55. Disperis lindleyana Rchb. View in CoL f.
Flora 48: 181 (1865); Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 928 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 309 (1913); la Croix F P . J . Cribb , Fl. Zambes.: 242 (1995); J . C . Manning in H . P . Linder F Kurzweil , Orch. S . Afr. : 305 (1999). — Type: South Africa, Krebs s.n. (holo-, W) .
Plants to 300 mm. Leaf 1, half way up stem, ovate, about 20-55 × 13-40 mm. Flowers 1-4, white; median sepal hooded, lanceolate, 9 × 5 mm, laterals ovate, 10-12 × 4-7 mm; petals clawed, oblong, 6-7 × 3-4 mm; lip blade oblong, appendage oblong, ascending, apically pubescent ( Fig. 9 View FIG A-C).
The species spreads vegetatively and may form dense colonies.
DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape, KwaZulu- Natal , Mpumalanga, Limpopo), Swaziland and Zimbabwe; on the floor of evergreen forests, often in rocky places, sometimes epilithic, also in pine and wattle plantations, from 750 to 2000 m. Flowering mainly in December and January .
GROUP 7: “THORNCROFTII GROUP” (SPECIES 56); FIGURE 10 View FIG
Glabrous herb. Leaves two, alternate. Median sepal lanceolate and deeply hooded, laterals free; lip claw erect and fused with gynostemium, blade o b l o n g w i t h t a p e r i n g t i p, s l i g h t l y c o n ve x, appendage oblong, reflexed.
DIAGNOSIS AND RELATIONSHIPS. — This is a distinctive species with two leaves, a lip of the “ Cardiophora type ” (KURZWEIL F LINDER 1991 ) and long, projecting rostellum arms bent upwards at the tips .
DISTRIBUTION. — South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department |
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Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants |
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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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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
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Naturhistorisches Museum Wien |
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