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Angraecopsis gracillima

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Name

Identification
Angraecopsis gracillima (Rolfe) Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Angraecum unrecorded
  • Tridactyle unrecorded
  • Mystacidium unrecorded
  • Angraecopsis gracillima
  • Listrostachys unrecorded

Flora

Entry for Angraecopsis gracillima Rolfe Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 2, (1998) Author: I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb
Names
Angraecopsis gracillima Rolfe Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1937: 465 (1937); in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 14: 248 (1951). —Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 226 (1968). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 598 (1989). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 2: 502 (1992). —Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 15 (1996). Type from Uganda.
Mystacidium gracillimum Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1913: 144 (1913).
Information
Epiphytic herb; stem short, usually pendent.Leaves 15–18 × 1–1.5 cm, linear or linear-lanceolate, falcate, obtusely 2-lobed at the apex, twisted at the base to lie in one plane.Inflorescence 4–16.5 cm long, 4–14-flowered; flowers white, spur and ovary pinkish-green.Pedicel and ovary 17–27 mm long, very slender; bracts c. 2 mm long.Dorsal sepal 2–3 × 1.3–1.5 mm, ovate, obtuse; lateral sepals deflexed, 5–9 × (0.5)1–1.7 mm, spathulate.Petals 3–5 × 3–5.5 mm, ovate-triangular, adnate to lateral sepals for basal 2–4 mm.Lip 5–8 mm long, 3-lobed in basal half; mid-lobe 3–4.7 × 1–1.3 mm, oblanceolate; side lobes 1.3–1.5 × 0.5 mm, linear; spur 3.5–4.5 cm long, slender.Column 1 mm long; stipites and viscidia 2.
Habitat
Evergreen forest
Distribution
Zambia W Solwezi, fl. 9.iii.1964, Morze 119 (K).
Distribution (external)
Uganda
Kenya
Zaire

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