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Eulophidium nyassanum

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Identification
Eulophidium nyassanum Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Eulophidium maculatum (Lindl.) Pfitzer [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Oeceoclades not on sheet
  • Oeceoclades
  • Eulophidium nyassanum
  • Eulophidium maculatum
  • Oeceoclades maculata

Flora

Entry for Oeceoclades maculata Lindl. Lindl. [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
Geodorum pictum Link & Otto [family ORCHIDACEAE], Ic. Pl. Sel. 3: 35, t. 14 (July 1821). Lectotype from Brazil (chosen by Garay & Taylor, 1976).
Oeceoclades mackenii Rolfe ex Hemsl. Garay & P. Taylor [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 24: 265 (1976). —Stewart et al., Wild Orch. South. Africa: 253 (1982).
Oeceoclades maculata Lindl. Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 237 (1833). —Summerhayes in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 27: 397 (1957). —Garay & P. Taylor in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 24: 266 (1976). —Wood in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 416 (1989). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 343 (1991). —Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 148 (1996). Type from Brazil.
Angraecum maculatum Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Coll. Bot.: t. 15 (May 1821).
Limodorum maculatum Lodd. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Bot. Cab. 5: t. 496 (June 1821).
Aerobion maculatum Lindl. Spreng. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 3: 718 (1826).
Eulophia maculata Lindl. Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 647 (1863). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 2: 618 (1992).
Eulophidium maculatum Lindl. Pfitzer [family ORCHIDACEAE], Entwurf Anordn. Orch.: 88 (1887). —Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 193 (1968). —Summerhayes in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 243 (1968). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 82 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 149 (1977).
Eulophia liedenii N.E. Br. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1889: 90 (1889). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 50 (1897). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire).
Graphorchis maculata Lindl. Kuntze [family ORCHIDACEAE], Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 662 (1891).
Eulophia mackenii Rolfe ex Hemsl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 12: 583 (1892); in F.C. 5, 3: 22 (1912). Type from South Africa.
Eulophidium warneckeanum Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 70 (1902). Type from Togo.
Eulophidium liedenii N.E. Br. De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Sér. V, Bot. 1: 115 (1904). —Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 193 (1968).
Eulophidium mackenii Rolfe ex Hemsl. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 1: 183 (1913).
Eulophidium nyassanum Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 593 (1915). Type from Tanzania.
Information
Glabrous, terrestrial herb 20–40 cm high; roots stout, c. 4 mm in diameter.Pseudobulbs 2–4 × 1.5–2 cm, ovoid, oblong or cylindrical, covered when young with pale brown imbricate cataphylls, 1-leafed.Leaf with a petiole 1–2 cm long, articulated ± at the base; lamina 10–30 × 2.5–5 cm, oblong-oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic, conduplicate towards the base, coriaceous, grey-green mottled with dark green.Inflorescence erect, simple or with 1–2 short branches, fairly laxly 10–20-flowered.Pedicel and ovary 10–12 mm long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, up to 20 mm long at base of the inflorescence.Sepals and petals greenish-white, greenish-pink or straw-coloured; lip white with 2 purple-red blotches at the base of the mid-lobe; side lobes purple-veined.Sepals 7–13 × 2–3.2 mm, linear-ligulate or narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse to acute, the dorsal sepal erect, the lateral sepals deflexed.Petals 8.5–11 × 2–4.5 mm, oblong-elliptic, oblique, obtuse.Lip 7–9 mm long, 3-lobed; side lobes erect; mid-lobe 3.5–4.2 mm long, 6–10 mm wide, broadly obovate or reniform, emarginate; disk with 2 approximate, divergent, glabrous basal keels; spur 4–5 mm long, stout, straight, bulbous at tip.Column 4–5 mm long, 2 mm wide, oblique at base or with a short foot.
Habitat
In leaf litter in shade of riverine forest or woodland, rarely a low-level epiphyte
Altitude range
0–1200 m.
1200
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Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., Rusitu R. Steel Bridge, lower road, Ngorima Reserve, 515 m, fl. 13.i.1965, Chase 8235 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Mulanje Distr., Likhubula Valley, in deep shade near river, 660 m, fl. 14.ii.1983, la Croix 447 (K).Mozambique GI Boane, growing with Aloe and Kalanchoe species, fl. 17.ii.1961, Carvalho 465 (K; LMU).Zimbabwe S Chivi Distr., on road to Hippo Pools near Runde (Lundi) R., fl. 3.ii.1973, Grosvenor 803 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Africa
southern America
West Indies
Central America
South America

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