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Eulophia inaequalis

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Identification
Eulophia inaequalis Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Entry for Eulophia hians var. inaequalis Schltr. S.A. Thomas [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 hians var. inaequalis Schltr. S.A. Thomas [family ORCHIDACEAE], comb. nov. Type from South Africa.
Eulophia inaequalis Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20, Beibl. 50: 3 (1895).
Eulophia transvaalensis Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1910: 282 (1910). Type from South Africa.
Eulophia watkinsonii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1913: 339 (1913). Type from Swaziland.
Eulophia clavicornis var. inaequalis Schltr. A.V. Hall [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 5: 77 & 82 (1965). —Stewart et al., Wild Orch. South. Africa: 234 (1982). Type from South Africa.
Information
Leaves just starting to develop at anthesis.Upper sheaths often less than one third the length of the internodes.Flowers appearing much earlier than in var. nutans, with olivaceous sepals purple outside, paler within; petals and lip bright yellow.Spur 4–7 mm long, incurved, sometimes swollen at tip, purple-red.Column foot 1–2 mm long.
Habitat
Montane grassland, usually following fires
Altitude range
c. 1500 m.
1500
1500
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chimanimani, 1500 m, growing with Eulophia hians var. hians, fl. 14.ix.1954, Ball 362 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Swaziland
South Africa

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