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Orthochilus abyssinicus

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Identification
Calanthe unrecorded unrecorded [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Eulophia abyssinica Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Orthochilus abyssinicus (Rchb.f.) Hochst. ex A.Rich [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Eulophia welwitschii
  • Eulophia abyssinica
  • Calanthe unrecorded
  • Orthochilus abyssinicus

Flora

Entry for EULOPHIA abyssinica Reichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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
EULOPHIA abyssinica Reichb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Linnæa, xxii. 866. —Walp. Ann. iii. 551; Engl. Hochgeb. Fl. Trop. Afr. 187.
Orthochilus abyssinicus Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 284, t. 82.
Information
Leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute or subobtuse, 6–12 in. long, 1–2 in. broad, attenuate at the base into a sheathing petiole. Scape 1 1/2–1 3/4 ft. high, with a few long sheaths; raceme 4–6 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 7–9 lin. long. Sepals broadly ovate, acute, 8 lin. long. Petals elliptical-ovate, acute, 7 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 7 lin. long; side lobes very broadly oblong, obtuse; front lobe suborbicular, obtuse; disc with 2 keels, becoming more elevated in front, where they suddenly terminate; spur oblong, obtuse, 1 1/2 lin. long.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land near Addi Schum Eschet, in swampy meadows, Schimper, 1700! Shire district, on mountains, Quartin-Dillon! Sana; near Bahara, in swamps, Schimper, 1636!

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