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Malaxis stolzii

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Name

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

Flora

Entry for Malaxis weberbaueriana Kraenzl. Summerh. [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
Malaxis weberbaueriana Kraenzl. Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1934: 208 (1934); in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3: 211 (1968). —Cribb in Kew Bull. 32: 740 (1978); in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 289 (1984). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 1: 274 (1984). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 181 (1991). Type from Cameroon.
Microstylis weberbaueriana Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Orchis 2: 128 (1908).
Microstylis stolzii Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 559 (1915). Type from Tanzania.
Malaxis stolzii Schltr. Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 2: 126 (1948). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 84 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 110, t. 92 (1977).
Information
Terrestrial herb up to 35 cm tall; rhizome creeping, swollen to form cigar-shaped tubers below the erect stems.Leaves usually 3, up to 6 × 3 cm, ovate, ribbed, thin-textured.Inflorescence up to 17 cm long, laxly several- to many-flowered.Flowers small, maroon-purple, occasionally yellow-green.Pedicel and ovary 3–3.5 mm long; bracts 1.5 mm long.Dorsal sepal 2–3.3 × 1.5–1.7 mm, ovate, obtuse; lateral sepals slightly smaller, oblique, the apex more rounded.Petals 2–3 × 0.3–0.6 mm, linear-lanceolate.Lip c. 2 × 2 mm, suborbicular to quadrate, with 2 lunate, pubescent calli towards the sides.Column 0.6–1 mm long.
Habitat
Riverine forest, dense woodland and Syzygium swamp, in deep shade
Altitude range
900–1750 m.
1750
900
Distribution
Malawi S Thyolo Distr., Mandimwe Estate, 1050 m, fl. 17.ii.1980, la Croix 8 (K).Zambia N Kawambwa, fl. xii.1967, G. Williamson 671 (K).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Mts., near Nyabamba Falls, 900 m, fl. 27.i.1955, Ball 458 (K; SRGH).Malawi N South Viphya, near Nkhalapya, 1650 m, fl. 21.ii.1987, la Croix 980 (K; MAL).Mozambique Z Gurué, c. 1200 m, fr. xii.1979, Schäfer 6895 (K; LMU).Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., by R. Luao, fl. 27.xii.1937, Milne-Redhead 3837 (K).
Distribution (external)
Cameroon
Bioko
Zaire
Kenya
Tanzania

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