Disperis similis Schltr., 2005

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 180-181

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5194562

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E21-FFD6-18A3-5262FD9EFE7C

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Carolina

scientific name

Disperis similis Schltr.
status

sp. nov.

26. Disperis similis Schltr. View in CoL

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 111 (1925); H. Perrier in Humbert, Fl. Madag. (Engl. revis.), Orch.: 110 (1981); Du Puy et al., Orch. Madag.: 136 (1999); la Croix et al., Adansonia 24: 59 (2002). — Type: Madagascar, massif of Andringitra , Perrier de la Bâthie 14345 (lecto-, P) .

Plants to 270 mm. Leaves 2, subopposite or opposite, ovate or lanceolate, 15-45 × 7-22 mm. Flowers 1-4, pink; median sepal linear, 4-5 × 0.8 mm, lateral sepals oblong-lanceolate, 4-6 × 3 mm, more or less free; lip blade triangular, glabrous, appendage of two diverging pubescent lobes.

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Madagascar; in moss forest from 1500 to 2000 m. Flowering mostly in January and February.

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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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