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Habenaria bracteosa

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Type of Habenaria bracteosa Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isotype of Habenaria bracteosa Hochstetter ex A. Richard [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria bracteosa A.Rich. from Cameroon
Isotype of Habenaria bracteosa A.Rich. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria bracteosa Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Type of Habenaria bracteosa Hochst. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Habenaria bracteosa Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Holotype of Habenaria bracteosa A.Rich. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isotype of Habenaria bracteosa Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Habenaria bracteosa Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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Identification
Habenaria bracteosa A.Rich. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for HABENARIA bracteosa Hochst. ex A. Rich. [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 bracteosa Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family ], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 292. —Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 587; Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 159.
Information
Plant about 1 ft. high. Leaves cauline, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 2–4 in. long, 7–13 lin. broad, decreasing upwards. Racemes 4–5 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, 4–8 lin. long. Pedicels 3–4 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, obtuse, minutely pubescent at the apex, 1 3/4 lin. long; lateral oblong, obtuse, 2 1/4 lin. long. Petals simple, subobliquely ovate-oblong, obtuse, 1 3/4 lin. long. Lip trilobed from a broad base, 2 1/2 lin. long; lobes oblong, obtuse; front lobe rather broader than the side lobes; spur filiform, 3/4–1 in. long. Stigmatic processes broadly oblong, compressed, obtuse or retuse. Anther channel shorter. Rostellum minute, obtuse, tooth-like.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro; Kifinika Volcano, 8800 ft., Volkens, 1339!Abyssinia Nile Land Semen Prov., Schimper, 595! Begemeder; Mount Guna, Schimper, 1304!

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