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Bonatea kayseri

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Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Bonatea kayseri (Kraenzl.) Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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Identification
Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Summerhayes, Bonatea kayseri (Kraenzl.) Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Habenaria kayseri Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Kraenzlin,
Related name
  • Habenaria kayseri
  • Bonatea kayseri
  • Bonatea steudneri

Flora

Entry for BONATEA Kayseri Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 12, (1898) Author: (By R. A. Rolfe.)
Names
BONATEA Kayseri Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria Kayseri Kränzl. [family ], in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 246; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 152, t. 7.
Information
Stem strong, leafy (base not seen). Leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute, amplexicaul, 3–5 1/4 in. long, 1–2 1/4 in. broad. Racemes about 7-flowered. Bracts lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 1 1/4–2 in. long. Pedicels 2–3 in. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, shortly acuminate, 8–9 lin. long; lateral obliquely cuneate-obovate, apiculate below the apex, 14 lin. long, adnate 1/2 its length to the base of the lip, stigmatic processes, and the anterior lobe of the petals. Petals bipartite; posterior lobe narrowly linear, as long as the dorsal sepal and united to the edge of it; anterior lobe narrowly elongate-linear, 2 1/4 in. long. Lip deeply trilobed; claw 1 in. long, the upper third free; side lobes similar to the anterior lobe of the petals, 2 1/2 in. long; front lobe 1 1/2 in. long; spur slender, 6 in. long, slightly thickened near the apex. Stigmatic processes 1 1/4 in. long; apex subspathulate, recurved. Anther channels slender, 3/4 lin. long. Rostellum cucullate, apiculate, 4 lin. long. Staminodes oblong, 1 lin. long.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Mlalo, Holst, 635, 2443! Kilimanjaro; Marangu, on hillocks, Volkens, 630.

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