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Satyrium carsonii

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Identification
Satyrium carsonii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
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Entry for Satyrium carsonii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Satyrium carsonii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 265 (1898).
Satyrium leucanthum Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Engl., BotJahrb53: 525 (1915); F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 417, fig327
Satyrium nigericum Hutch [family ORCHIDACEAE], , in Kew Bull1921: 402.
Information
Aterrestrialherb up to 2 ft. high with white or pink-tinged rather waxy flowers; in grasslands.
Habitat
terrestrial ~ ; in grasslands.
Distribution
N. Nig.: Jemaa (June) G. V. Summerhayes 109! Zonkwa to Kaciya, Zaria (July) G. V. Summerhayes 126! Vom, 3,000-4,500 ft. (July, Aug.) Dent Young 237! Lely P398! Bukuru to Hepham, 4,300 ft. (July) Lely 344!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Congo
Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Zambia

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