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Eulophia elegantula

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Name

Identification
Eulophia parviflora (Lindl.) A.V.Hall [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hall, A.V., Eulophia elegantula Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Eulophia elegantula
  • Eulophia parviflora

Flora

Entry for Eulophia parviflora Lindl. A.V. Hall [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
Eulophia parviflora Lindl. A.V. Hall [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 5: 149 (1965). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 81 (1976). —Stewart et al., Wild Orch. South. Africa: 243 (1982). —Kemp, Fl. Checklist Swaziland: 23 (1983). Type from South Africa.
Lissochilus parviflorus Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 191 (1833).
Lissochilus aequalis Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 204 (1837). Type from South Africa.
Eulophia rupestris Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Linnaea 20: 682 (1847) non E. rupestris Wall. ex Lindl. (1833).
Eulophia rupincola Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bonplandia 5: 38 (1857). Type as for E. rupestris Rchb.f.
Cyrtopera oliveriana Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 64: 329 (1881). Type from South Africa.
Eulophia aequalis Lindl. Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 184 (1889).
Eulophia oliveriana Rchb.f. Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 185 (1889).
Graphorchis rupestris Rchb.f. Kuntze [family ORCHIDACEAE], Revis. Gen. Pl., part 2: 662 (1891).
Eulophia bilamellata Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20, Beibl. 50: 1 (1895). Type from South Africa.
Eulophia bilamellata var. euryceras Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20, Beibl. 50: 26 (1895). Type from South Africa.
Eulophia saundersiae Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1910: 368 (1910). Type from South Africa.
Eulophia inandensis Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.C. 5, 3: 47 (1912). Type from South Africa.
Eulophia elegantula Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1917: 12 (1917). Type from South Africa.
Eulophia swynnertonii Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 207 (1911). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 336 (1916). Syntypes: Zimbabwe, Mt. Pene, Swynnerton 752 & 6050 (K).
Information
Terrestrial herb.Perennating organs subterranean, tuber-like, forming a chain.Leaves c. 5 in a tuft, later up to 25 × 1.6 cm, rather coriaceous, just appearing at flowering time.Flowering stem 20–50 cm tall, several-flowered, the scape with about 4 loose bracts to 7.5 cm long.Pedicel and ovary 15–16 mm long; bracts 12–13 mm long.Sepals brown or greenish, heavily veined with purple; petals yellow on the back, veined with light to dark red inside; lip yellow, with purple veins on side lobes.Sepals obovate-oblong, apiculate; dorsal sepal c. 16 × 4 mm; lateral sepals 14–15 × 4–5.5 mm.Petals 12 × 6–8 mm, obovate, rounded at apex.Lip 18 mm long with several low ridges down the centre, 3-lobed; side lobes quadrate; mid-lobe 4 mm wide, truncate or emarginate; spur 3–5 mm long, conical or cylindrical, blunt.Column 4–8 mm long.
Habitat
Submontane grassy slopes, open hillsides
Altitude range
1060–1970 m.
1970
1060
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Mutasa Distr., Stapleford Forest Land, ridge of Mt. Nusa (Nuza), 1970 m, fl. x.1934, Gilliland 915 (K); Chimanimani Distr., c. 45 km SSE of Chimanimani (Melsetter), in Ngorima Tribal Trust Land near Bamba Store, c. 1060 m, fl. 14.x.1951, Crook 51 (K; SRGH); Nyanga (Inyanga), fl. 18.x.1946, Wild 1417 (SRGH).Mozambique MS Gorongo Mt., Nyamkwarara River, fl. 2.xi.1967, Mavi 409 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
South Africa
Swaziland

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