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Oeceoclades pandurata

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Identification
Oeceoclades pandurata (Rolfe) Garay & P.Taylor [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Eulophia pandurata Rolfe ex S.Elliot [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Oeceoclades pandurata
  • Eulophia pandurata
  • Eulophia lanceata

Flora

Entry for Oeceoclades pandurata Rolfe Garay & P. Taylor [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 2, (1998) Author: I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb
Names
Oeceoclades pandurata Rolfe Garay & P. Taylor [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 24: 268 (1976). Type from Madagascar.
Eulophia pandurata Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 52 (1891).
Lissochilus panduratus Rolfe H. Perrier [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Fl. Madag., fam. 49, Orchidées 2: 29 (1941).
Eulophidium panduratum Rolfe Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 27: 399 (1957).
Information
Terrestrial herb.Pseudobulbs 4–4.5 cm long, narrowly conical, covered with loose, brown sheaths when young, 2-leaved.Roots c. 3 mm in diameter.Leaves petiolate; petiole 1–2 cm long, articulated 5–8 mm above the apex of the pseudobulb; lamina 4–5.5 × 1.5–2 cm, oblong, acute.Inflorescence c. 12 cm tall, 5–15-flowered.Pedicel and ovary 6–10 mm long; bracts c. 5 mm long.Flowers pale pinkish-white.Sepals 8 × 2–2.5 mm, lanceolate, acute; petals similar but slightly shorter and wider.Lip 8 × 6–7 mm, 3-lobed in the apical half; side lobes truncate; mid-lobe c. 5 × 5 mm, suborbicular, undulate on the margins; disk with 3 keels, the lateral ones more prominent than the median one; spur 3–4 mm long, subcylindrical, obtuse.Inside of spur and lateral veins on disk papillose-hairy.Column 5 mm long.
Habitat
In shade of riverine forest
Altitude range
c. 900 m.
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Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., fringe forest along Timbiri tributary of Haroni R., 900 m, fl. 27.iv.1958, Ball 737 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Madagascar

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