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Acampe pachyglossa Rchb.f. [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
Acampe mombasense Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 386 (1895). —Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 198 (1968). Type from Kenya.
Saccolabium pachyglossum Rchb.f. Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 132 (1897), non Lindl. (1858), nom. illegit.
Saccolabium mombasense Rendle Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 132 (1897).
Acampe nyassana Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 594 (1915). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 79 (1970). Type from Tanzania.
Acampe pachyglossa subsp. renschiana Rchb.f. Senghas [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Die Orchidee 15: 165 (1964). —Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 200 (1968).
Acampe rigida [family ORCHIDACEAE], sensu Seidenf. in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 25: 60 (1977). —Fosberg & Renvoize, Fl. Aldabra: 277 (1980). —Seidenfaden in Opera Bot. 95: 45 (1988), non (Smith) P.F. Hunt.
Acampe praemorsa [family ORCHIDACEAE], sensu Stewart et al., Wild Orch. South. Africa: 255 (1982). —sensu la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 234, pl. 65 (1991). —sensu Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 2: 462 (1992), non (Roxb.) Blatt. & McCann.
Acampe pachyglossa Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Otia Bot. Hamburg., part 2: 76 (1881). —Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 199 (1968). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 77 (1970). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 78 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 177 (1977). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 486 (1989). —Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 6 (1996). TAB. 121. Type from Kenya.
Acampe renschiana Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Otia Bot. Hamburg., part 2: 77 (1881). —H. Perrier in Fl. Madag., fam. 49, Orchidées 1: 120 (1941). Type from Madagascar.
Acampe madagascariensis Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 10: 608 (1891). Type from Madagascar.
Information
Robust epiphytic herb, usually erect, forming large clumps.Stem woody, up to c. 50 cm long.Roots numerous, long, 5–9 mm in diameter, branched.Leaves usually in 4–8 pairs, 15–25 × 1.5–3.5 cm, ligulate, unequally and obtusely 2-lobed at apex, fleshy, conduplicate.Inflorescence (floral axis) arising in leaf axils, 3–20 cm long, densely several-flowered, usually unbranched.Pedicel and ovary c. 10 mm long; bracts 2–4 mm long.Flowers fleshy, c. 2 cm in diameter, rather cup-shaped, with a strong, sweet scent.Sepals and petals creamy-yellow blotched with red-brown; lip white with red-brown spots.Sepals 9–14 × 5–7 mm, ovate or obovate, rounded at apex, slightly concave.Petals 8–12 × 3–4 mm, spathulate.Lip 8–12 × 3–4 mm, fleshy, 3-lobed; side lobes erect; mid-lobe ovate, papillose; disk with a small, papillose basal keel.Spur short and saccate.Column 1.5–3.5 mm long, 3 mm wide.
Habitat
Epiphytic in woodland, usually in hot, low-lying areas, occasionally in riverine forest
Altitude range
100–1000 m.
1000
100
Distribution
Zambia C Luangwa (Feira) Distr., Katondwe Mission, fl. 7.ii.1962, Grant 286 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chipinge Distr., Ndowoya Tribal Trust Land, Mwangazi R. gap, fl. 30.i.1975, Mahohama 44 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Nkhata Bay Distr., Chikale Beach, 470 m, fr. 28.vii.1976, Pawek 11503A (K; MAL; MO; UC).Mozambique N Marrupa, Massanguezi, fl. 18.ii.1981, Nuvunga 593 (K; LMU).Zambia E Chipata Distr., fl. in cult. 1.i.1948, Morony in GHS 18462 (SRGH).Zambia S Mazabuka Distr., Kafue Gorge, c. 1000 m, fr. 4.xi.1972, Strid 2651 (K).Zimbabwe S Chivi (Chibi) Distr., near Runde (Lundi) R., fl. 3.ii.1973, Grosvenor 806 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Mulanje Distr., Esperanza Estate, fr. Morris BM 67 (K).Mozambique Z near R. Messalo (Msalu), fl. 28.ix.1907, Stocks s.n. (K).Mozambique M Namaacha, fl. 22.iii.1983, Zunguze & Boane 450 (BM; LMU).
Distribution (external)
Zaire
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Angola
Swaziland
South Africa
Madagascar
Mascarene Islands
Comoro Islands
Seychelles
Notes
Acampe pachyglossa is close to, and may be conspecific with, Acampe praemorsa (Roxb.) Blatt. & McCann, a native of India and Sri Lanka.
Acampe pachyglossa Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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