Disperis micrantha Lindl.

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 190

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5194612

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E1B-FFEF-1A76-55A3FED0FAF2

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scientific name

Disperis micrantha Lindl.
status

 

47. Disperis micrantha Lindl. View in CoL

Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl.: 370 (1839); Schlechter , Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 934 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 308 (1913); la Croix F P . J . Cribb , Fl. Zambes.: 243 (1995); J . C . Manning in H . P . Linder F Kurzweil , Orch. S . Afr. : 304 (1999). — Type: South Africa, Cap Bonae Spei, Mund s.n. (holo-, K) .

Plants 60-180 mm. Leaves 2, alternate, ovate, 25-55 × 14-36 mm. Flowers 3-7, white or lilac; median sepal obovate, 4 × 3 mm, with erect sac 1 mm long, lateral sepals ovate, 3 × 1.5 mm; petals clawed, ovate, auriculate, 2.5 × 2 mm; lip blade triangular, appendage oblong, ascending, with long papillae.

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumal a n g a, Ga u t e n g, L i m p o p o), Sw a z i l a n d a n d Zimbabwe; on forest floors, in riverine forests, often amongst rocks, at 550-1350 m. Flowering from February to April .

F

Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department

P

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

J

University of the Witwatersrand

C

University of Copenhagen

H

University of Helsinki

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

L

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Disperis

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