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Eulophia humilis

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Name

Identification
Eulophia venulosa Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Eulophia humilis Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Eulophia venulosa
  • Eulophia humilis
  • Eulophia monile

Flora

Entry for Eulophia tenella Rchb.f. [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 tenella Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Linnaea 20: 681 (1847). —Hall in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 5: 108 (1965). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 82 (1976). —Stewart et al., Wild Orch. South. Africa: 237 (1982). Type from South Africa.
Eulophia natalensis Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 48: 186 (1865). —Goodier & Phipps in Kirkia 1: 53 (1961). Type from South Africa.
Eulophia flaccida Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20, Beibl. 50: 3 (1895). Type from South Africa.
Eulophia collina Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 336 (1899). Type from South Africa.
Eulophia humilis Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 337 (1899) non Rendle 1895. Type: Mozambique, Beira, Schlechter s.n. (B†).
Eulophia mossambicensis Schelpe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. S. African Bot. 42(4): 392 (1976). Type as for Eulophia humilis Schltr.
Information
Slender terrestrial herb.Perennating organs subterranean, tuber-like, forming chains.Leaves 13–21 cm × 1–4 mm, narrowly linear, developed at flowering time.Flowering stem 18–30 cm, rather densely few- to several-flowered; scape with about 3 bracts c. 3 cm long.Pedicel and ovary 7 mm long; bracts 7–10 mm, lanceolate, acuminate.Sepals green, spotted with brown and dull purple; petals pale yellow outside, blotched with purple inside; lip yellowish-brown.Sepals 6.6–6.8 × 2–2.3 mm, oblong, apiculate, the laterals oblique.Petals c. 6.2 × 3.8 mm, ovate-oblong, apiculate.Lip c. 6.3 × 4.3 mm, with fleshy lamellae on the 3 central nerves, 3-lobed; mid-lobe c. 3 × 2.6 mm, truncate or emarginate; side lobes ± oblong; spur 2–3.5 mm, conical or cylindrical, blunt.Column stout, 3–5 mm long.
Habitat
Open submontane grassland, vlei
Altitude range
1500–1800 m.
1800
1500
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Mutasa Distr., Rupango Mt., 1800 m, fl. 29.i.1952, Chase 4358 (K; SRGH); Chimanimani, fl. 17.xii.1952, Crook 425 (SRGH).Mozambique MS Chimanimani Mts., 1600 m, fl. 13.ii.1957, Drewe 16 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
South Africa

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