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Eulophia petersii

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Identification
Eulophia petersii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Entry for EULOPHIA petersii (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by B. Pettersson [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
EULOPHIA petersii (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], (1865). Plate 4 A.
EULOPHIA coleae Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], (1897);. types: N1, “Golis range, Woob”, Lort Phillips s.n. and Cole s.n. (K syn.).
EULOPHIA phillipsiae Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], (1897);. types: N1, “Golis range, Woob”, Lort Phillips s.n. and Cole s.n. (K syn.).
Information
Perennial herb up to 3 m tall; pseudobulbs large, ovoid to cylindric, 3–24 x 1.2–4 cm, 4–6-noded, green to yellow, 2–4-leaved towards apex; roots thick with white velamen. Leaves stiff, erect or spreading, succulent-leathery, linear-ligulate, acute, 15–55 x 0.7–4.5 cm, with toothed margins. Inflorescence an up to 7-branched panicle, laxly many-flowered, erect to almost horizontal; peduncle up to 90 cm long. Flowers fleshy, fragrant; sepals and petals green with purple-brown stripes; lip whitish with purple markings. Sepals 20–30 and petals 16–22 mm long; lip 3-lobed, 16–30 x 8–15 mm; all segments recurved and ± rolled at apex; spur 2–8 mm long, incurved; column 10–13 mm long.
Range
N1, 2; C1, 2; S1, 2 widespread in Africa from Ethiopia, Sudan and Zaire to South Africa,
Altitude range
10–1600 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4613; Paoli 1178; Thulin & Dahir 6440.
Distribution (external)
Yemen
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Notes
Dhegoweyn (Som.); hangey (Som.-N); schkul (Som.-S).

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