Disperis crassicaulis Rchb.

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 188

publication ID

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

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E19-FFED-1A76-5262FBFDFE5D

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scientific name

Disperis crassicaulis Rchb.
status

 

44. Disperis crassicaulis Rchb. View in CoL f.

Linnaea 22: 860 (1849); Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 927 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 289 (1898); P . J . Cribb F Thomas, Fl. Ethiop. Eritr. 6: 248 (1997). — Pterygodium biflorum Hochst. ex A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 303 (1850). — Type: Ethiopia, Schimper 570 (holo-, W; iso-, BM, K, P) .

Plants 20-50 mm. Leaf 1, prostrate, ovate, 10-

18 × 5-12 mm. Flowers 1-2, yellow, hood yellow- ish to maroon; median sepal linear, 7-8 × 1 mm, hood shallow, lateral sepals ovate, 6-7 × 4 mm; petals obovate, 6 × 4 mm; lip blade oblong, appendage with two reflexed obtuse lobes and median erect process of similar length, all covered in fimbriate hairs.

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Ethiopia; montane grassland and Podocarpus forest at 2000- 2500 m. Flowering from May to August.

P

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

J

University of the Witwatersrand

W

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

BM

Bristol Museum

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Disperis

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