Disperis elaphoceras Verdc.

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 184

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5194592

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scientific name

Disperis elaphoceras Verdc.
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34. Disperis elaphoceras Verdc. View in CoL

Kew Bull. 41: 54 (1986). — Type: Tanzania, Uzungwa Mts , Thomas 3682 A (holo-, K; iso-, MO) .

Plants 70-170 mm. Leaves 2, opposite, ovate, 13-30 × 7-16 mm. Flowers 1-2, pink; median sepal narrowly elliptic, 6 × 1.9 mm, hood deep, lateral sepals elliptic, 6.1 × 3.3 mm; petals rhomboid, 6.9 × 4.8 mm; lip almost free from gynostemium, blade lorate, glabrous, appendage of two bilobed lobes, papillose.

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Very local in Tanzania; on damp mossy rocks, at 1300- 1700 m; flowering in September.

A

Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

MO

Missouri Botanical Garden

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Disperis

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