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Habenaria attenuata

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Filed as Habenaria attenuata Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria attenuata Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria attenuata Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Type of Habenaria natalensis Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria bracteosa Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria attenuata Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Syntype of Habenaria variabilis Ridl. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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Identification
Habenaria attenuata Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Habenaria attenuata
  • Habenaria natalensis
  • Habenaria bracteosa
  • Habenaria praealta
  • Habenaria variabilis
  • Habenaria chlorotica
  • Habenaria clarencensis
  • Peristylus quartinianus

Flora

Entry for HABENARIA attenuata Hook. f. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 12, (1898) Author: (By R. A. Rolfe.)
Names
HABENARIA attenuata Hook. f. [family ], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 221. —Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 158.
Information
Plant 1–1 1/4 ft. high. Leaves few, cauline, oblong or linear-oblong, acute, 1 1/2–3 in. long, 3–7 lin. broad. Racemes 2 1/2–5 in. long, somewhat lax. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 4–7 lin. long. Pedicels 3–4 lin. long. Flowers green. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, obtuse, concave, 1 1/4 lin. long; lateral ovate-oblong, subobtuse or apiculate, 1 1/2 lin. long. Petals entire, broad, ovate, obtuse, 1 1/4 lin. long. Lip trilobed; lobes fleshy; side lobes linear, obtuse, spreading, 1 lin. long; front lobe linear-oblong, obtuse, a little longer than the side lobes; spur 5–6 lin. long, slender, very slightly thickened in the middle. Stigmatic processes short, oblong, 1/4 lin. long. Anther channel shorter. Rostellum triangular, minute.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea 7000 ft., Mann, 2118! 8000–10,000 ft., Johnston, 30! 33!

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