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Habenaria holubii

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Isotype of Habenaria rhopaloceras Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria holubii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria holubii Rolfe from Malawi
Habenaria perpulchra Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Ceratopetalorchis holubii (Rolfe) Szlach., Górniak and Tukałło [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria holubii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria holubii Rolfe from Malawi
Isotype of Habenaria rhopaloceras Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isolectotype of Habenaria brevilabris Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria kassneriana Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria holubii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Habenaria holubii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isotype of Habenaria rhopaloceras Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isotype of Habenaria rhopaloceras Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Habenaria holubii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Habenaria holubii

Flora

Entry for HABENARIA Holubii Rolfe [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 Holubii Rolfe [family ]
Information
Plant tall, base not seen. Upper leaves ovate-oblong, subacute, somewhat sheathing below, 2–3 in. long. Racemes lax, 3–8-flowered. Bracts ovate-oblong, acute, 3/4–1 1/2 in. long. Pedicels 2–2 1/2 in. long. Dorsal sepal elliptic-oblong, acute, 8 lin. long; lateral oblique, falcate-obovate from a cuneate base, apiculate, 10–11 lin. long. Petals bipartite; posterior lobe filiform, as long as the dorsal sepal and adhering to its margin; anterior lobe falcate-linear, regularly attenuate upwards and acuminate, 1 1/4 in. long. Lip tripartite; side lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, 4 lin. long; front lobe linear-filiform, acute, 1–1 1/4 in. long; spur 3 in. long, slender below, clavate at the apex. Stigmatic processes 6–7 lin. long, slender, capitate. Anther channels slender, nearly as long as the stigmas. Rostellum triangular-subulate, acute, 2 1/4 lin. long.
Distribution
Rhodesia Mozamb. Dist. Leshumo Valley, near the Zambesi, Holub, 446! 447! 599!

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