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Corymborkis corymbis

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Identification
Corymborkis corymbis Thouars [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Corymborkis corymbis
Common name
  • cowbuntu (Burbridge) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Corymborkis corymbis 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
Corymbis corymbosa Ridl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc. 21: 498 (1885). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 180 (1897), nom. superfl. based on Corymborkis corymbis.
Corymborkis corymbosa Ridl. Kuntze [family ORCHIDACEAE], Revis. Gen. Pl., 2: 658 (1891). —Summerhayes in Kew Bull. 11: 224 (1956); in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3: 211 (1968). —Piers, Orch. E. Afr.: 141 (1959), as \"Corymborchis\". —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 79 (1976).
Corymborkis welwitschii Rchb.f. Kuntze [family ORCHIDACEAE], Revis. Gen. Pl., 2: 658 (1891). —Summerhayes in F.W.T.A. 2: 423 (1936). —Robyns & Tournay, Fl. Parc Nat. Alb. 3: 459 (1955).
Corymborkis corymbis Thouars [family ORCHIDACEAE], Hist. Orchid. [Fl. Iles Austr. Afr.]: prem. tab. espèc.; figs. 37, 38 (1822). —Rasmussen in Bot. Tidsskr. 71: 169 (1977). —P.F. Hunt in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 243 (1984). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 24 (1991). TAB. 1. Type from Réunion.
Corymbis thouarsii Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Zeit. 7: 868 (1849), nom. superfl., based on Corymborkis corymbis.
Corymbis welwitschii Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 48: 183 (1865). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 180 (1897). Type from Angola.
Information
Terrestrial herb 0.5–1.5 m tall.Roots elongate, c. 2 mm in diameter.Stem leafy along its length.Leaves dark green, distichous, plicate, up to 24 × 8.5 cm, lanceolate to elliptic, acuminate, the margins slightly undulate, the base clasping the stem.Inflorescences terminal and axillary, the rhachis zig-zag, often branched, several-flowered; ovary and pedicel 10–15 mm long; bracts 7–15 mm long, lanceolate to ovate.Flowers non-resupinate; sepals green, petals and lip green, turning white towards apices.Sepals 70–85 × 2 mm, linear, curling back at tips.Petals 70–80 mm long, linear-spathulate, 2 mm wide at base, 3 mm at apex.Lip 60–80 mm long, the basal part 2 mm wide, linear, the apex 6–7 mm wide, ovate.Column elongated, lying along the lip and slightly shorter than it, c. 1 mm wide.
Habitat
Evergreen, usually lowland, forest, in densely shady undergrowth, often forming large colonies
Range
tropical Africa
Altitude range
100–1120 m.
1120
100
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chipinge, Chirinda Forest Reserve, fl. i.1975, Goldsmith 1/75 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Mulanje Distr., Ruo Tea Estate, fl. immat. 30.xii.1982, la Croix & Spurrier 382 (K).Mozambique MS Mt. Bandula, 600 m, st. 1.iii.1958, Chase 6844 (K; SRGH; PRE).Mozambique GI Massinga, fl. 11.ii.1898, Schlechter 12129 (BM; K).
Distribution (external)
South Africa
Madagascar
Mascarene Islands

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