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Habenaria tridactyla

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Identification
Isotype of Habenaria tridactyla A.Rich. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Habenaria filicornis Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Habenaria filicornis
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Flora

Entry for HABENARIA tridactyla 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 tridactyla A. Rich. [family ], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 292. —Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 586; Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 145.
Information
Tubers 5–9 lin. diam. Stem 8–12 in. high, squamate at the base. Leaves remote, oblong, acute, 2 1/4–2 3/4 in. long, 5–7 lin. broad, the upper decreasing to the bracts. Racemes elongate, 4–5 in. long. Bracts acuminate, 3–6 lin. long. Pedicels 3–5 lin. long. Flowers among the smallest in the genus. Dorsal sepal ovate, obtuse, 1 1/2 lin. long; lateral deflexed, obovate-oblong, acute, larger than the dorsal sepal. Petals simple, linear or oblong, acute. Lip trilobed; lobes equal and fleshy; spur pendulous, filiform, more than twice as long as the pedicel. Stigmatic processes glandular, porrect, acute. Anther channels equal, straight. Rostellum suddenly narrowed from a broad base, as long as the anther. Staminodes minute, subglobose.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, Marangu, 5250 ft., Volkens, 2320!Abyssinia Nile Land Tigre; near Abba Gerima, Quartin-Dillon (ex Richard); on Mount Mettgalo, 6700 ft., Schimper, 551 (ex Kränzlin).

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