Disperis thomensis Summerh.
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5194572 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E24-FFD0-18A3-5429FD4CF901 |
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Carolina |
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scientific name |
Disperis thomensis Summerh. |
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30. Disperis thomensis Summerh. View in CoL
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 458 (1937), Fl. W . Trop. Afr. , ed. 2: 203 (1968); Verdcourt, Kew Bull. 30: 606 (1975); Geerinck, Fl. Afr. Centr.: 233 (1984); la Croix F P . J . Cribb , Fl. Zambes.: 246 (1995); Szlachetko F Olszewski , Fl. Camer. 34: 44 (1998). — Type: São Thomé, Exell 136 (holo-, BM) .
Plants 90-150 mm. Leaves 2, opposite, ovate, 20-50 × 13-35 mm. Flowers 1-4, white; median sepal lanceolate, hood 5 mm long, lateral sepals obovate, 5-6 × 2.5-3 mm, free; petals oblong, 5.3-6.5 mm long, with basal and apical anterior lobes; lip 4.5-7 mm long, blade linear, papillose, appendage of two bifurcate processes, papillose ( Fig. 6G View FIG ).
DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Widespread in tropical Africa from Zambia and Angola northwards to Kenya in the east and Guinea in the west, also known from islands off the West African coast such as São Thomé and Bioko; in leaf litter in evergreen and riverine forests from 1300 to 2150 m, sometimes also as a low-level epiphyte. Flowering mainly between January and April in south-central and eastern Africa, and from August to November in West Africa.
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Naturhistorisches Museum Wien |
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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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Bristol Museum |
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