Disperis johnstonii Rchb.

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 173

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scientific name	Disperis johnstonii Rchb.
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1. Disperis johnstonii Rchb. View in CoL f. ex Rolfe

Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 291 (1898), as johnstoni; Summerhayes, Fl. W . Trop. Afr., ed. 2: 203 (1968); Verdcourt, Fl. Trop. East Afr. : 219 (1968); la Croix F P. J . Cribb, Fl. Zambes.: 231 (1995); P. J . Cribb F Thomas, Fl. Ethiop. Eritr. 6: 248 (1997); Szlachetko F Olszewski, Fl. Camer. 34: 40 (1998); J. C . Manning in H. P . Linder F Kurzweil, Orch. S . Afr.: 302 (1999). — Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Johnston s.n. (holo-, K). Disperis stolzii Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. View in CoL 53: 548 (1915). — Type: Tanzania, Rungwe Distr., Stolz 672 (holo-, B †; iso-, K) .

Disperis johnstonii Rchb. View in CoL f. in Oliv., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 349 (1887), nom. nud.

Plants to 150 mm. Leaves 2(-3), alternate, ovate to lanceolate, 12-30 × 4-22 mm. Flowers (1-)2 to 5, white with yellow or pink petals; median sepal 8-11 × 1 mm, hood flat and incurved, lateral sepals semi-orbicular, 8-14 × 4.5-7 mm, fused in basal third; petals elliptic, 9-10 × 2-3 mm; lip blade stalked, ovate with a papillate crest; appendage of two papillate lobes ( Fig. 4D View FIG ).

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Widespread in tropical Africa, ranging south to the KwaZulu- Natal coast of South Africa; in rich humus or sandy soil in grassy places under trees or among grass in Brachystegia and Uapaca woodland, often associated with rocks, also in marshy places, from 500 to 2000 m. Flowering from February to September.

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W	Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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
B	Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet