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Liparis purseglovei

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Name

Identification
Liparis purseglovei Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Liparis neglecta Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Liparis purseglovei
  • Liparis neglecta

Flora

Entry for Liparis bowkeri Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 1, (1995) Author: I. la Croix and P.J. Cribb
Names
Liparis bowkeri Harv. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Thes. Cap. 2: 6, t. 109 (1863). —Ridley in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 270 (1886). —Bolus, Icon. Orchid. Austro-Afric. 1, 1: t. 2 (1893). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 21 (1897). —Stewart et al., Wild Orch. South. Africa: 216 (1982). —Cribb & Bowden in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 299 (1984). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 1: 276 (1984). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 175 (1991). TAB. 96. Type from South Africa.
Liparis ruwenzoriensis Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 20 (1897). Type from Zaire.
Liparis neglecta Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 561 (1915). —Summerhayes in Kew Bull. 6: 468 (1952). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 37 (1970). —Moriarty, Wild Fls. Malawi: t. 29, 5 (1976). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 84 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 113 (1977). Type from Tanzania.
Liparis purseglovei Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 8: 132 (1953). Type from Uganda.
Information
Terrestrial, lithophytic or epiphytic herb, 8–40 cm tall.Pseudobulbs to 7 × 1.5 cm, conical, 2–5-leaved.Leaves 5–14 × 1–7.5 cm, lanceolate or ovate, acute, plicate, thin-textured.Inflorescence laxly c. 25-flowered; peduncle with 1–several triangular bracts.Flowers green to yellow-green, or clear yellow, turning buff-orange with age; lip with a metallic grey or orange central line.Pedicel and ovary 7–11 mm long; bracts 10–15 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate.Dorsal sepal erect, 8–11 × 1–2.5 mm, linear-lanceolate; lateral sepals 6–9 × 2.5–4 mm, obliquely elliptic, falcate, obtuse, lying under the lip.Petals 5–12 × c. 0.5 mm, linear, acute, pointing downwards and outwards.Lip 5–7 × 6–8 mm, orbicular or transversely oblong, auriculate at base, the margin entire, with a bifid callus in the throat.Column 3–4 mm long, arched to form almost a right angle.
Habitat
Riverine forest, high rainfall Brachystegia woodland, under rocks and on mossy rocks and fallen trunks in shade
Altitude range
1100?2200 m.
2200
1100
Distribution
Zambia N Mbala Distr., Lake Chila outflow, 1600 m, fl. 8.iii.1950, Bullock (K).Zimbabwe C Shurugwe Distr., Dunraven Falls, 1200 m, fl. 17.ii.1964, Mitchell 721 (K; SRGH).Malawi N South Viphya, Mtangatanga Forest Reserve, 1650 m, fl. 31.i.1987, Cornelius in la Croix 952 (K; MAL).Zambia E Nyika Plateau, in forest on rocks, fl. xii.1966, G. Williamson 240 (K).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., Fairview, 1750 m, fl. 16.i.1955, Greatrex in GHS 50258 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Bikita Distr., S slope of Mt. Horzi, c. 1100 m, fl. 11.v.1969, Pope 153 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., Ndirande Mt., 1360 m, fl. 30.i.1955, Morris 107 (K).
Distribution (external)
Zaire
Rwanda
Burundi
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
South Africa
Notes
Plants of this species are very variable in size, those growing lithophytically or epiphytically usually being larger than terrestrial specimens.

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