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Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata [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
Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. variabilis Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 14: 148 (1960). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 106 (1970). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 79 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 197 (1977). —Ball, South. African Epiphyt. Orch.: 98 (1978). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 266 (1991). Type from Tanzania.
Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Listrostachys sedenii Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Gard. Chron. n.s. 9: 138 (1878). Type from East Tropical Africa.
Angraecum sedenii Rchb.f. G. Nicholson [family ORCHIDACEAE], Ill. Dict. Gard.: 79 (1884).
Angorchis sedenii Rchb.f. Kuntze [family ORCHIDACEAE], Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 652 (1891).
Cyrtorchis bracteata Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 600 (1915). Type from Tanzania.
Cyrtorchis sedenii Rchb.f. Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 132 (1918).
Information
Leaves usually less than 25 mm wide, dull green; sepals 8–33(49) mm long; spur 3–6(7.7) cm long.Anther 3–6.5 mm long, the apex sometimes denticulate; beak constricted at the base.Plants mainly diploid and tetraploid.
Habitat
Brachystegia and Uapaca–Brachystegia woodlands, also in wooded grassland on Parinari sp.
Range
tropical Africa
Altitude range
310–2200 m.
2200
310
Distribution
Zambia N Mbala, fl. 20.xi.1941, Michelmore in Moreau 74 (K).Zimbabwe E Mutare Distr., Bunga Valley, East Vumba, fl. 27.iv.1976, Ball 1423 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Mzimba Distr., Mzuzu, Marymount, 1350 m, fl. 12.iv.1975, Pawek 9617 (K; MO; UC).Mozambique Z 40 km from Mocuba, on road to Muobede, fl. 23.v.1949, Barbosa & Carvalho 2822 (K).Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., fl. 14.xii.1937, Milne-Redhead 3669 (K).Zambia C Kabwe (Broken Hill), fl. 6.xi.1960, Morze 10 (K).Malawi C Ntchisi Forest Reserve, 1400–1590 m, fl. 26.iii.1970, Brummitt 9411 (K).Malawi S Mulanje Distr., Pwazi Estate, c.700 m, fl. 12.i.1965, Morris 117 (K).Mozambique MS north of Dondo, fl. Pettersson 134 (K).Mozambique GI Inhambane Prov., Pomene, fr. 24.ix.1980, Jansen & de Koning 7500 (K).Mozambique M Maputo, Umbelúzi, fl. 18.ii.1964, Carvalho 736 (K; LMU).
Distribution (external)
South Africa
Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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