Compilation
Eulophia fractiflexa
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Name
Identification
Eulophia fractiflexa Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Summerhayes, V.S., Eulophia clitellifera (Rchb.f.) Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Lissochilus flexuosus Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
- Eulophia fractiflexa
- Lissochilus flexuosus
- Eulophia clitellifera
Flora
Entry for Eulophia clitellifera Rchb.f. Bolus [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
Lissochilus rehmannii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.C. 5, 3: 55 (1912). Syntypes from South Africa.
Lissochilus flexuosus Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Fries, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped.: 245, fig. 24 (1916), non Eulophia flexuosa Kraenzl. Type: Zambia, Lwela (Luera) River, R.E. Fries 591 (B, holotype; K, record of holotype).
Eulophia fractiflexa Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 8: 156 (1953). Type as for Lissochilus flexuosus Schltr.
Eulophia clitellifera Rchb.f. Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 184 (1889). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 336 (1916), as “clitellifer”. —Hall in J. S. Afr. Bot, Suppl. 5: 117 (1965). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 81 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 168 (1977). —Stewart et al., Wild Orch. South. Africa: 238 (1982). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae pt. 3: 476, fig. 109 (1989). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 2: 636 (1991). —Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 116 (1996). TAB. 161, A1–A9. Type from South Africa.
Lissochilus clitellifer Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Linnaea 20: 687 (1847).
Lissochilus pulchellus Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Bot. 33: 196 (1895). Type from Tanzania.
Information
Terrestrial herb 17–60 cm tall.Perennating organs subterranean, pseudobulbous, 2–3 × 2–2.5 cm, asymmetrically conical, forming chains; roots white, 2–4 mm in diameter.Leaves about 5, forming a fan, the lowest 2–3 sheath-like, 10–70 × 0.7–2 cm, linear-lanceolate, falcate in side view, not plicate, absent or just starting to develop at flowering time.Inflorescence rather laxly few- to many-flowered; peduncle with 2–3 sheathing bracts; rhachis slightly zigzag.Pedicel and ovary 13–20 mm long; bracts 4–11 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate.Sepals olive-brown; petals and lip dull pink, yellow or whitish, the lip with yellow ridges.Sepals 6.5–9.5 × 2.3–4.2 mm, oblong-elliptic, the laterals slightly larger than the dorsal.Petals 8–10.6 × 3–7.8 mm, ovate-elliptic to suborbicular, concave.Lip 7–10 mm long, 3-lobed; side lobes erect, rounded or truncate, attached to the base of the column; mid-lobe 4.5–7 × 3–5.5 mm, suborbicular or elliptic, obtuse or emarginate, with a callus of 3–5 fleshy, verrucose ridges; spur 3–5 mm long, conical.Column 1–3 mm long, lacking a foot.
Habitat
Dambo, plateau and coastal grasslands, usually on sandy soil, usually after fire, also in dry miombo and mixed deciduous woodlands including Combretum bush
Altitude range
0–1900 m.
1900
0
Distribution
Zambia W Kitwe, fl. 25.ix.1968, Fanshawe 10357 (K; NDO).Zimbabwe N Hurungwe Distr., Mwami (Miami), K34 Experimental Farm, 1360 m, fl. 4.x.1946, Wild 1327 (K; SRGH).Mozambique M Ponta de Malongane, c. 0 m, fl. 18.vii.1980, Pettersson 135 (K; LMU).Zambia C Kabwe (Broken Hill), fl. 5.x.1963, Fanshawe 8020 (K; NDO).Zambia S Choma Distr., Mapanza, 1060 m, fl. 13.ix.1958, E.A. Robinson 2884 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Bulawayo, Monro 438 (SRGH).Zimbabwe C Harare, fl. 8.ix.1949, Greatrex in GHS 24936 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare, in commonage northeast of golf course, 1900 m, fl. 21.ix.1960, Chase 7359 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Ghana
Sudan
Ethiopia
Kenya
Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi
Tanzania
Zaire
South Africa
Notes
This species resembles E. arenicola Schltr. but is a larger, more robust plant with a longer pedicel and ovary.