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Eulophia ukingensis

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Identification
Isotype of Eulophia ukingensis Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Eulophia clavicornis Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Eulophia clavicornis
  • Eulophia ukingensis
  • Eulophia kyimbilae

Flora

Entry for Eulophia hians var. nutans Sond. 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 clavicornis var. nutans Sond. A.V. Hall [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 5: 77, 82 (1965). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 81 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 159 (1977). —Stewart et al., Wild Orch. South. Africa: 234 (1982). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae pt. 3: 450 (1989). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 312 (1991). —Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 116 (1996).
Eulophia vleminckxiana Geerinck & Schaijes [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belge. 60: 189 (1990); in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 2: 642 (1992). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire).
Eulophia hians var. nutans Sond. S.A. Thomas [family ORCHIDACEAE], comb. nov.* TAB. 159, B1–B11. Syntypes from South Africa.
Eulophia nutans Sond. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Linnaea 19: 73 (1846).
Eulophia vaginata Ridl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 467 (1885). Type from Madagascar.
Eulophia aemula Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20, Beibl. 50: 26 (1895). —Summerhayes in Norlindh & Weimarck in Bot. Not. 1937: 193 (1937). Types from South Africa.
Eulophia crinita Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 58 (1897). Type: Malawi, southern Shire Highlands, Buchanan (K, holotype).
Eulophia ukingensis Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 579 (1915). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 159 (1977). Type from Tanzania.
Information
Leaves fully developed at anthesis.Upper sheaths on scape more than half the length of the internodes.Inflorescence up to 93 cm long, flowering time much later than other vars.Flowers with sepals green to olivaceous often flushed with purplish-brown or brown, petals white to dull yellow-green, lip similar with a white or pale yellow papillate callus.Spur 2–4 mm long, incurved, not swollen.Column foot 1–2 mm.
Habitat
Grasslands, varying from short dry grasslands on sandy soils at lower altitudes to montane grassland on rocky outcrops, dambo grassland, and high rainfall woodland on sandy soil, also on bare ground on \"chrome hills\"
Altitude range
900–2200 m.
2200
900
Distribution
Botswana SE near Palapye, 900 m, fl. i.1899, Lugard 280 (K).Zambia N Mporokoso Distr., Kipoma Falls, fl. xii.1967, G. Williamson 344 (K).Zimbabwe N Mvurwi (Umvukwes), in dry, almost bare, ground in chrome hills, 1360 m, fl. 19.xii.1952, Wild 3991 (K; SRGH).Malawi N South Viphya, Elephant Rock Dambo, 1550 m, fl. 12.i.1986, la Croix 773 (K); Nyika Plateau, Chelinda, above dambo by Dam 2, c. 2100 m, fl. 15.i.1986, Cribb 6001 (K).Mozambique N Lichinga, in bog by town, 1356 m, fl. 1980, Pettersson 158 (K).Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., c. 2 km south of Matonchi Farm, fl. 31.xii.1937, Milne-Redhead 3891 (K).Zimbabwe W Bulawayo, road to Matopos, 1360 m, fl. xii.1958, Beasley O 88 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Harare Distr., in vlei, fl. i.1945, Greatrex 215 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe E Nyanga (Inyanga), heights above Nyamziwa (Nyamaziwa) Falls on Nyangombe (Inyangombi) River, fl. 13.i.1951, Chase 3589 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Zomba Distr., near Chingwe’s Hole, c. 1900 m, fl. 24.i.1982, la Croix 257 (K).
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Zaire
South Africa
Swaziland
Madagascar
Yemen
Notes
This variety is by far the commonest in the Flora Zambesiaca area, the 2 other varieties being represented by one collection each from Zimbabwe.

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