Disperis ankarensis H.Perrier

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 177-178

publication ID

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

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E2E-FFDB-18A3-5109FF45FD34

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scientific name

Disperis ankarensis H.Perrier
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16. Disperis ankarensis H.Perrier View in CoL

Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 129 (1939), in Humbert, Fl. Madag. (Engl. revis.), Orch.: 113 (1981); Du Puy et al., Orch. Madag.: 133 (1999); la Croix et al.,

Adansonia 24: 67 (2002). — Type: Madagascar, Antsiranana, Humbert 18825 (holo-, P) .

Plants to 180 mm. Leaves 2, alternate, lanceolate, 35-50 × 5-10 mm. Flowers 1-3, green and pink; median sepal linear, 8 mm long, hood 15 mm wide, lateral sepals falcate, 7 × 3 mm; petals falcate; lip blade fleshy and tongue-shaped, with long hairs, appendage of two linear-oblong horns.

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Western Madagascar; on rocks in semi-dry forest, in humus on limestone at about 300 m. Flowering in January .

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Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Disperis

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