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Eulophia bieleri

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Lectotype of Eulophia bieleri De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Syntype of Eulophia bieleri De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Lectotype of Eulophia bieleri De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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Identification
Eulophia bieleri De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Eulophidium saundersianum (Rchb.f.) Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Summerhayes V.S., 1954 Oeceoclades saundersiana (Rchb.f.) Garay & Taylor [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Oeceoclades saundersiana
  • Eulophia saundersiana
  • Eulophia bieleri
  • Eulophidium saundersianum

Flora

Entry for Oeceoclades saundersiana Rchb.f. Garay & P. Taylor [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
Oeceoclades saundersiana Rchb.f. Garay & P. Taylor [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 24: 270 (1976). —P. Taylor in Bot. Mag.: 181, t. 731 (1977). —Wood in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 419, fig. 90 (1989). —Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 149 (1996). Type from West Africa.
Eulophia saundersiana Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 24: 378 (1866); Xenia Orchid 2: 174, t. 173 (1873). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 50 (1897). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 2: 616 (1992).
Graphorchis saundersiana Rchb.f. Kuntze [family ORCHIDACEAE], Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 662 (1891).
Lissochilus barombensis Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 52 (1893). Type from Cameroon.
Eulophia bieleri De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Not. Pl. Utiles Congo 1: 311 (1904). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire).
Eulophia mildbraedii Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 339 (1909). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire).
Eulophidium saundersianum Rchb.f. Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 27: 401 (1957). —Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 193 (1968). —Summerhayes in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 243 (1968). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 148 (1977).
Information
Terrestrial herb 40–80 cm high.Pseudobulbs 4–15 cm long and up to 2.5 cm wide, narrowly ovoid to fusiform, very slightly compressed, forming clumps.Roots fleshy, 3–4 mm in diameter.Leaves 2 (rarely 1), petiolate; petiole 6–17 cm long, irregularly articulated; lamina 10–26 × 3–8 cm, longer than the petiole, narrowly elliptic or ovate-elliptic, acute or acuminate, undulate on the margins, dark glossy green.Inflorescence erect, 16–30 cm long, simple or with 1–2 short branches, several- to many-flowered.Pedicel and ovary 12–18 mm long, slender, red-brown; bracts 2–8 mm long, narrowly ovate-elliptic, with a basal extra-floral nectary.Sepals and petals greenish-yellow with 3–5 purple veins; lip pale yellow or greenish-cream with purple veins on the side lobes; calli cream; spur red-brown; column green with a yellow anther.Sepals 8.5–14 × 3–5 mm, narrowly oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, the lateral sepals usually slightly longer than the dorsal sepal.Petals 8–13 × 4.5–7 mm, ovate, obtuse, curving forwards.Lip 10–15 mm long, 3-lobed, the mid-lobe 8–12 × 7–14 mm, deeply divided into 2 oblong or oblong-orbicular lobules; side lobes ± orbicular, erect or spreading; disk papillose, callus with 2 fleshy keels, shortly pubescent at the mouth of the spur and at the apex; spur 4–6 mm long, cylindrical, obtuse.Column 4 mm long, 2 mm broad, with a short foot.
Habitat
In damp places in shade of riverine forest and thicket
Altitude range
c. 1200 m.
1200
1200
Distribution
Zambia W Solwezi Distr., Mutanda R., ii.1969, G. Williamson (sight record).
Distribution (external)
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Nigeria
Cameroon
Gabon
Zaire
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Angola

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