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Brachycorythis pleistophylla subsp. leopoldi Kraenzl. Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 1, (1995) Author: I. la Croix and P.J. Cribb
Names
Brachycorythis pleistophylla subsp. leopoldi Kraenzl. Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 10: 254 (1955). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 32 (1991). Type from Zaire.
Brachycorythis leopoldii Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Orch. Gen. Sp. 1: 542 (1898). —Schlechter in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 38, abt. 2: 117 (1921).
Brachycorythis pulchra Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 485 (1915) pro parte. —Suessenguth & Merxmüller, Contrib. Fl. Marandellas Distr.: 82 (1951). Type from Tanzania.
Information
Flowers usually rich purple, yellow in the throat, drying light to medium brown.Petals 6–8.5 × 5.3–8 mm; epichile 9–13 × 9.5–14.5 mm.
Habitat
Grassland.
Distribution
Malawi N Nkhata Bay Distr., Mzuzu-Chikwina road near Chipunga, 1350 m, fl. 22.xii.1986, la Croix 906 (K).
Distribution (external)
Gabon
Zaire
Tanzania
Angola
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 1, (1995) Author: I. la Croix and P.J. Cribb
Names
Brachycorythis pleistophylla subsp. leopoldi Kraenzl. Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 10: 254 (1955). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 32 (1991). Type from Zaire.
Brachycorythis leopoldii Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Orch. Gen. Sp. 1: 542 (1898). —Schlechter in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 38, abt. 2: 117 (1921).
Brachycorythis pulchra Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 485 (1915) pro parte. —Suessenguth & Merxmüller, Contrib. Fl. Marandellas Distr.: 82 (1951). Type from Tanzania.
Information
Flowers usually rich purple, yellow in the throat, drying light to medium brown.Petals 6–8.5 × 5.3–8 mm; epichile 9–13 × 9.5–14.5 mm.
Habitat
Grassland.
Distribution
Malawi N Nkhata Bay Distr., Mzuzu-Chikwina road near Chipunga, 1350 m, fl. 22.xii.1986, la Croix 906 (K).
Distribution (external)
Gabon
Zaire
Tanzania
Angola
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 1, (1995) Author: I. la Croix and P.J. Cribb
Names
Brachycorythis pleistophylla subsp. leopoldi Kraenzl. Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 10: 254 (1955). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 32 (1991). Type from Zaire.
Brachycorythis leopoldii Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Orch. Gen. Sp. 1: 542 (1898). —Schlechter in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 38, abt. 2: 117 (1921).
Brachycorythis pulchra Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 485 (1915) pro parte. —Suessenguth & Merxmüller, Contrib. Fl. Marandellas Distr.: 82 (1951). Type from Tanzania.
Information
Flowers usually rich purple, yellow in the throat, drying light to medium brown.Petals 6–8.5 × 5.3–8 mm; epichile 9–13 × 9.5–14.5 mm.
Habitat
Grassland.
Distribution
Malawi N Nkhata Bay Distr., Mzuzu-Chikwina road near Chipunga, 1350 m, fl. 22.xii.1986, la Croix 906 (K).
Distribution (external)
Gabon
Zaire
Tanzania
Angola
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