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Platanthera preussii

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Identification
Pseudoperistylus microceras (Hook. f.) Szlach. & Olsz. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by HBG-formal name change, 2006 Platanthera preussii Kränzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by E.A. Christenson, 1993 Platanthera preussii Kränzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Peristylus preussii
  • Habenaria microceras
  • Habenaria preussii
  • Platanthera preussii
  • Pseudoperistylus microceras

Flora

Entry for PERISTYLUS Preussii Rolfe [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
PERISTYLUS Preussii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Platanthera Preussii Kränzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 63.
Information
Plant slender, 1 1/4–1 1/2 ft. high. Leaves 4–6, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 1 1/2–3 in. long, 5–10 lin. broad, decreasing into sheaths below and into the bracts above. Spikes 2–3 1/2 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 3–5 lin. long. Pedicels 3 lin. long. Sepals ovate, obtuse, 1 1/4 lin. long. Petals ovate-oblong, obtuse, 1 1/4 lin. long. Lip trilobed; side lobes falcate-lanceolate, acute, diverging, 1 1/4 lin. long; front lobe very broadly triangular, obtuse, much shorter than the side lobes, with a fleshy median keel; spur oblong, 1/2 lin. long. Column very broad; anther cells erect, subparallel; caudicles not produced. Stigmas sessile, very small.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea West of Buea, 8200 ft., Preuss, 967!

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