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Eulophia vleminckxiana

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Type of Eulophia vleminckxiana Geerinck & Schaijes [family ORCHIDACEAE]

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Identification

Eulophia vleminckxiana Geerinck & Schaijes [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Geerinck D., 1990 Eulophia clavicornis Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,

Flora

Entry for Eulophia hians var. nutans Sond. S.A. Thomas [family ORCHIDACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora Zambesiaca

Reference Sources

FZ, Vol 11, Part 2, (1998) Author: I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb

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.

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.

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\"

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)

This variety is by far the commonest in the Flora Zambesiaca area, the 2 other varieties being represented by one collection each from Zimbabwe.