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Eulophia leontoglossa

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Identification
Eulophia leontoglossa Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for EULOPHIA leontoglossa Reichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.)
Names
EULOPHIA leontoglossa Reichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora, 1881, 329;—Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 184; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 22; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 25; Kränzl. in Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xx. 12.
EULOPHIA lissochiloides Krauss [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora, 1845, 305; Beitr. Fl. Capund Natal. 157, not of Lindl.
Information
tubers subglobose, about 3/4 in. broad; leaves 2 or 3 in a fascicle, linear or lanceolate-linear, acute or acuminate, 4–14 in. long, 1/8– 1/3 in. broad; scapes erect, 4–12 in. long, with a few lanceolate acuminate sheaths below; flower-heads congested or rarely oblong, 1–2 in. long; bracts linear or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 1/2– 3/8 in. long; pedicels 1/4– 1/3 in. long; flowers yellow, greenish-buff, pink or white; sepals and petals subconnivent, lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse or apiculate, about 1/3– 2/3 in. long; lip 3-lobed, elliptic-oblong, narrowed at the base, about as long as the petals; side lobes somewhat divergent, oblong, obtuse or truncate, short; front lobe elliptic-oblong, obtuse; disc with 5 obscure keels below, papillose above, and with the surface of the front strongly papillose all over; spur oblong or subclavate, obtuse, 1/6 in. long; column clavate, 1/6 in. long. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Umnyolo, 3000 ft., Baur, 811! Griqualand East; near Kokstad, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1538! Natal; near Durban, Plant, 53! Sanderson! near Pietermaritzburg, Krauss! 251! Inanda, Wood, 1085! in valley below Spout, Wood, 1069! between Greytown and Newcastle, Wilms, 2282! Klip River, Sutherland! Tongaat, McKen! Umbogintwini River and near Attercliffe, Sanderson, 173! hills near Pinetown, 1000 ft., Wood, 538! 5479! Sanderson, 483! Schlechter, 3171! near Van Reenan, Drakensberg Mountains, 5000–6000 ft., Wood, 7545! hills, Polela Division, Mrs. Clarke, 49! and without precise locality, Buchanan! Mrs. K. Saunders! Wood! Last!KALAHARI REGION Orange River Colony; Bethlehem, Richardson! Witte Berg, Mrs. Barber, 647! Basutoland; near Leribe, Dieterlen, 405! Transvaal; Magaliesberg, Burke! near Lydenburg, Atherstone! Schlechter, 3971! Bronk-horst Spruit, Wilms, 1399! Mac Mac, Mudd! Pretoria, Crawley! Burtt-Davy, 3851! Saddleback Mountain, Barberton, 4000–5000 ft., Galpin, 720! Ivy Range, near Barberton, Thorncroft, 382! Crocodile River, Limpopo Sources, Nelson, 272! Ermelo, Wilkinson! Burtt-Davy, 992! 2162! Johannesburg, Ommanney, 41!

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