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Cirrhopetalum africanum

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Identification
Isotype of Cirrhopetalum africanum Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Bulbophyllum longiflorum Thouars [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Kowalkowska,A.,
Related name
  • Cirrhopetalum umbellatum
  • Bulbophyllum longiflorum
  • Cirrhopetalum africanum

Flora

Entry for Bulbophyllum longiflorum Thouars [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 1, (1995) Author: I. la Croix and P.J. Cribb
Names
Bulbophyllum longiflorum Thouars [family ORCHIDACEAE], Hist. Orchid. [Fl. Iles Austr. Afr.]: prem. tab. espec. & tab. 98 (1822). —Seidenfaden in Dansk. Bot. Arkiv. 29, 1: 126 (1973). —la Croix et al., Malawi Orch. 1: 46 (1983). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 304 (1984). —Vermeulen, Orchid Monogr. 2: 158 (1987). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 186 (1991). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 2: 373 (1992). TAB. 108. Type from Madagascar.
Epidendrum umbellatum G. Forst. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Fl. Ins. Austr.: 60 (1786), non Bulbophyllum umbellatum Lindl. (1830). Type from Society Is.
Cirrhopetalum thouarsii Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 58 (1830); Bot. Reg. 10: sub t. 832 (1824). Type as for B. longiflorum Thouars.
Cirrhopetalum umbellatum G. Forst. Hook. & Arn. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Bot. Beechey Voy.: 71 (1832). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 53 (1970). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 79 (1976). —Ball, S. Afr. Epiph. Orch.: 96 (1978).
Cirrhopetalum africanum Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 573 (1915). Type from Tanzania.
Information
Creeping epiphytic herb with a stout woody rhizome 2–5 mm in diameter.Pseudobulbs 2–9 cm apart on the rhizome, 1-leafed, 1.5–4.5 × 0.5–1.5 cm, obliquely ovoid, sometimes slightly 4-angled, green.Leaf erect, cor­iaceous, 7–20 × 1.5–4 cm, lanceolate to oblong, emarginate at the apex; petiole up to 2 cm long.Inflorescence 5–21 cm long, subumbellate, 2–7-flowered; peduncle with several sheaths.Ovary and pedicel 12–18 mm long; bracts spreading, 4–8 mm long.Flowers light purple, blotched with darker purple, blotchy bronze or clear yellow.Dorsal sepal 9–10 × 8–9 mm, elliptic, concave, with a dark filiform tip 9–10 mm long.Lateral sepals 25–28 × 4–7 mm, twisted so that the outer edges meet becoming connate in the centre.Petals 5–8 × 2–2.5 mm, lanceolate, acute, ciliate on the margin and with a filiform tip c. 5 mm long.Lip fleshy, 6–7.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, ligulate, recurved, ridged below.Column 5.5–7 mm long, including slender stelidia 3–4.5 mm long.Pollinia 4, obovoid, of equal length.
Habitat
Evergreen forest, often riverine, usually on trunks of trees
Range
Madagascar and eastwards to the Pacific Islands
Altitude range
800–1450 m.
1450
800
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., c. 4 km upstream from Haroni/Lusito junction, c. 340 m, fl. 23.xi.1981, Pope & Müller 2040 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Nkhata Bay Distr., 8 km E of Mzuzu, 1200 m, fr. 7.iii.1977, Grosvenor & Renz 1066 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Thyolo Distr., Nchima Tea Estate, 750 m, fl. 27.xi.1984, Pettersson 315 (K; UPS).
Distribution (external)
Zaire
Uganda
Tanzania

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