Disperis nitida Summerh.
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5194578 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E25-FFD1-1A76-57D6FED9FD48 |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Disperis nitida Summerh. |
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31. Disperis nitida Summerh. View in CoL
Kew Bull. 11: 222 (1956); Summerhayes , Fl. W . Trop. Afr., ed. 2: 205 (1968); Szlachetko F Olszewski, Fl. Camer. 34: 44 (1998). — Type: Cameroon, Bamenda , Savory UCI 451 About UCI (holo-, K).
Plants 120-500 mm. Leaves 2, opposite, ovate, 15-70 × 12-60 mm. Flowers 1-5, white; median sepal narrowly lanceolate, to 12.5 mm long, hood narrow, lateral sepals semi-ovate, free, ± 11 × 3.7- 6 mm; petals C-shaped with large anterior lobes; lip blade linear, pendent, hirsute, appendage as two, bilobed lobes, papillose.
DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Cameroon; in deep shade in montane forests at 1800- 2200 m, sometimes also as a low-level epiphyte. Flowering in September.
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Naturhistorisches Museum Wien |
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Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department |
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