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Identification
Eulophia venulosa Rchb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by HBG-formal name change, 2006 Eulophia paradoxa Kränzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by E.A. Christenson, 1993 Eulophia paradoxa Kränzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Eulophia subulosa
  • Eulophia praestans
  • Eulophia venulosa
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  • Eulophia obstipa
  • Eulophia acutilabra
  • Eulophia paradoxa
  • Eulophia brenanii

Flora

Entry for Eulophia venulosa 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 venulosa Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Otia Bot. Hamburg., part 2: 116 (1881). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 59 (1897). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae pt. 3: 467, fig. 106 (1989). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 322 (1991). TAB. 175, B1–B9. Type: Malawi, Manganja Hills, Meller 72 (K; W, holotype).
Eulophia humilis Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Bot. 33: 165 (1895). Type: Malawi, Shire Highlands, Scott Elliot 8484 (BM, holotype; K).
Eulophia encyclioidea Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 577 (1915). Type from Tanzania.
Eulophia paradoxa var. greatrexii Merxm. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Suessenguth & Merxmüller, Contrib. Fl. Marandellas Distr.: 83 (1951). Type: Zimbabwe, Marondera (Marandellas), 29.xi.1940, Dehn 6 (SRGH).
Eulophia paradoxa Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 68 (1902). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 81 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 162 (1977). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 2: 692 (1992). Type from Tanzania.
Information
Slender terrestrial herb 15–75 cm tall.Perennating organs subterranean, pseudobulbous, 1–6 × 1–2 cm, ovoid-conical with 3–4 nodes; roots 1–1.5 mm in diameter.Leaves 5–7, 5–24 cm × 0.5–1.5 mm, linear, acuminate, green, just starting to appear at flowering time.Inflorescence laxly 5–20-flowered; scape with 1 brownish sheath.Pedicel and ovary 8–12 mm long; bracts 2–10 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate.Sepals and petals pinkish-brown with faint reticulate veining inside; lip white, sometimes lilac-tinged, the side lobes green with purplish veining.Sepals 15–22 × 2–3.5 mm, erect, linear, the apices rolled back.Petals 9–12 × 2.5–4 mm, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, acute, semi-erect, also curled back at the tips.Lip 11–20 × 5–8 mm, 3-lobed; side lobes erect, obtuse; mid-lobe 11–12 × 6–8 mm, oblanceolate or ± rhomboid; callus of 3 basal fleshy ridges, with several lines of long papillae on the mid-lobe; spur 3–5.5 mm long, cylindrical, somewhat sigmoid, the apex often incurved.Column 3–5 mm long; foot 1–2 mm long.Capsule pendent, 16–18 mm long.
Habitat
Miombo woodland, on dry stony or sandy soil, also in wooded grassland and coastal forest
Altitude range
10–1500 m.
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Distribution
Zambia W Ndola, in plateau woodland, fl. 14.xii.1953, Fanshawe 585 (K; NDO).Zimbabwe N Centenary Distr., Aranbira Estate, 1200 m, fl. 20.xi.1952, Pollitt 6 (K; SRGH).Malawi N c. 30 km west of Karonga, 900 m, fl. 31.xii.1976, Pawek 12134B (K; MO).Mozambique N near L. Niassa (Nyasa), fl. 1902, W.P. Johnson 531 (K).Zambia C Kabwe, Watersmeet Road, fl. 30.xi.1961, Morze 79 (K; SRGH).Zambia E c. 6 km north of Chipata (Fort Jameson), 1200 m, fl. 30.xi.1958, King 432 (K; SRGH).Zambia S Choma, 1060 m, fl. 5.xii.1957, E.A. Robinson 2520 (K; SRGH); Mumbwa, fl. 1912, Macaulay 1032 (K).Zimbabwe C Harare, Alexandra Park, 1480 m, fl. 5.xi.1949, Greatrex in GHS 26241A (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare Distr., Burma Valley, 1200 m, fl. 6.xii.1961, Wild & Chase 5560 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Bikita Distr., 1000 m, fl. 15.xii.1953, Wild 4392 (K; SRGH).Malawi C Ntcheu Distr., Bwanje R. Valley, fl. 26.xi.1957, Jackson 2119 (K).Malawi S Mulanje Distr., Likhubula Valley, c. 850 m, fl. 22.xi.1981, la Croix 218 (K).Mozambique MS Sofala Prov. (Beira Distr.), Dondo Forest, fl. 9.xii.1962, Ball 997 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Zaire
Angola
Notes
Merxmüller separated the Zimbabwe material as var. greatrexii on the basis of the petals being shorter and broader, and the mid-lobe of the lip shorter.However, the measurements fall within the range of variation for the species as a whole.

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