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Eulophia platypetala

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Name

Identification
Eulophia platypetala Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hall, A.V.,
Related name
  • Lissochilus platypetalus
  • Eulophia lissochiloides
  • Eulophia platypetala
  • Eulophia tuberculata

Flora

Entry for EULOPHIA hians Spreng. [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 hians Spreng. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Syst. iii. 720;—Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 183; Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 182, and Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. ii. t. 18; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 22; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 25.
Satyrium hians Linn. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Suppl. Pl. 401.
Limodorum hians Thunb. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Prodr. Pl. Cap. 3; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 30.
Eulophia clavicornis Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 202.
Eulophia emarginata Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 202; Drège, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 46; Krauss in Flora, 1845, 305; Beitr. Fl. Capund Natal. 157.
Eulophia platypetala Krauss [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora, 1845, 305; Beitr. Fl. Capund Natal. 157 (not of Lindl.).
Information
rhizomes very stout and woody, irregularly thickened at the nodes; leaves in fascicles of 3 or 4, small or undeveloped at flowering time, narrowly ensiform, acute, suberect or somewhat spreading, conduplicate, prominently veined, up to 6 in. long on the specimens seen; scapes lateral, erect, 1/2–1 1/4 ft. high, with several acute spathaceous sheaths below; racemes lax, usually many-flowered; bracts ovate-oblong or ovate-anceolate, acute or acuminate, 1/3– 1/2 in. long; pedicels 1/2– 3/4 in. long; flowers medium-sized, with brownish sepals and pink or lilac petals and lip; sepals somewhat spreading, narrowly oblong, subobtuse, nearly 1/2 in. long; petals elliptic-oblong, obtuse, rather longer than and twice as broad as the sepals; lip strongly 3-lobed, about as long as the petals, cuneate at the base; side lobes diverging, oblong, subobtuse, small; front lobe broadly obovate or obcordate; disc with 3–5 thickened keels, crenulate or papillose in front; spur narrowly clavate, somewhat curved, obtuse, 1/6– 1/4 in. long; column broadly-clavate, 1/4 in. long; anther somewhat 2-lobed. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Div.; between Cape Town and George, Rogers! George Div.; between Malgaten River and Great Brak River, Burchell, 6147! Bathurst Div.; between Blue Krantz and Kaffir Drift Military Post, Burchell, 3705! Albany Div.; Grahamstown, Bolton! MacOwan! Williamson! Howisons Poort, Hutton! Bedford Div.; Kaga Berg, Hutton! Galpin, 170. Fort Beaufort Div.; Cooper, 413! Stockenstrom Div.; Kat River, Ecklon and Zeyher, 10! Kat Berg, Drège, 2213c! Hutton! Queenstown Div.; Cooper, 1320! Cathcart Div.; near Thomas River, Cooper, 322! between Shiloh and Windvogel Mountain, Drège, 2213d! Komgha Div.; grassy hills near the Kei River, Flanagan, 68! British Kaffraria; Hutton! Eastern Frontier, MacOwan, 76! Hutton!EASTERN REGION Transkei; on grassy hills, Mrs. Barber, 432! Krielis Country, Bowker, 16! 248! Kentani, 1200 ft., Miss Pegler, 370! Tembuland; hill-sides at Bazeia, 2000–3000 ft., Baur, 263! 509! Pondoland; Egossa, Sim, 2453! Griqualand East; near Kokstad, 5100 ft., Tyson, 1601! 1602! Natal; various localities, Sutherland! Wood, 205! 4264! 10823! 11821! Wylie in Herb. Wood, 11823! Wilms, 2281! 2200 ft., Sanderson! Krauss, 254! 406! Buchanan, 5! Mrs. Fannin, 62! Molyneau! Schlechter, 3431, Rudatis, 674! Swaziland; at Embabaan, Burtt-Davy, 3014; and without precise locality, Miss Stewart, 42!KALAHARI REGION Orange River Colony; Bethlehem, Richardson! and without precise locality, Cooper, 981! 1876! Thomas! Basutoland; near Leribe, Dieterlen, 291! Transvaal; various localities, McLea in Herb. Bolus, 5817! Bolus, 10673! 10675! Sanderson! Galpin, 509! 550, Miss Leendertz, 282! 3131! Wilkinson! Wilms, 1404! 1408! Culver, 2! 52, Rand, 793! 794! Jenkins, 7205! 8040! Burtt-Davy, 1048! 2156! 2378! Rech, 1002!SOUTH AFRICA without precise locality, Masson! Mrs. Bowker!

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