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Cyrtopera foliosa

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Identification
Cyrtopera foliosa Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Cyrtopera foliosa Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Eulophia foliosa (Lindl.) Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Eulophia foliosa
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Flora

Entry for EULOPHIA foliosa Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.)
Names
EULOPHIA foliosa Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 337;—Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 183; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 21.
EULOPHIA reichenbachiana Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 185, and Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. ii. t. 19, partly; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 25.
EULOPHIA aculeata Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. v. 109, and Orch. Cape Penins. 109, partly, not of Spreng.
EULOPHIA Buchanani Durand & Schinz [family ORCHIDACEAE], Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 19.
Cyrtopera foliosa Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 203; Drège, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 147.
Cymbidium Buchanani Reichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora, 1881, 329.
Information
rhizome stout, irregularly thickened at the nodes; leaves 3 or 4 in a fascicle, erect, linear-lanceolate or elongate-lanceolate, acute, 1/3–1 1/2 ft. long; scape lateral, erect, 1/2–1 1/2 ft. long, with 3–4 lanceolate acute sheaths; racemes 2–3 in. long, dense, many-flowered; bracts linear or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 1/3– 3/4 in. long; pedicels 1/3– 1/2 in. long; flowers medium-sized, green with purple lip; dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, acute, 1/3– 1/2 in. long, lateral sepals rather broader than the dorsal, attached to the foot of the column; petals elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, rather broader than the sepals; lip shorter than the petals, strongly 3-lobed; side lobes diverging, broadly oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex; front lobe suborbicular, rather larger than the lateral; disc with several rows of small papillæ; spur obsolete; column clavate, 1/6– 1/4 in. long. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Transkei; Kentani, 1200 ft., Miss Pegler, 204! Tembuland; mountain slopes near Bazeia, 2500 ft., Baur, 459! between Bashee River and Morley, 1000–2000 ft., Drège! Gatberg, 4000 ft., Baur, 1168! Griqualand East; near Kokstad, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1085! and in MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr. 548! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 263! Pinetown, 1000 ft., Sanderson, 484! Kelvin Grove, near Dundee, 4000–5000 ft., Wood, 5370! Van Reenens Pass, 5000–6000 ft., Wood, 5863. Bishopstowe, Sanderson, 1006! near Durban, Miss Doidge, 5928! Umgaye, Alexandra District, 2000 ft., Rudatis, 341! and without precise locality, Mrs. K. Saunders! Buchanan, 12! Last! Zululand; Mrs. McKenzie! Swaziland; Mbabane (Embabaan), 4500 ft., Burtt-Davy, 2769! Hlakikulu, Miss Stewart, 29! Devils Bridge, Galpin, 723.KALAHARI REGION Orange River Colony; without precise locality, Cooper, 975! 980! Transvaal; Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5841! near Heidelberg, Wilms, 1397a! west slope of Vaal Kop, Scully, 190! Carolina District, near Slackfontein Beacon, 6000 ft., Burtt-Davy, 2965! Elands Spruit Range, 6500 ft., Schlechter, 4001, near Belfast, 6500 ft., Bolus, 12305!

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