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Satyrium anomalum Schltr. [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
Satyrium anomalum Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 424 (1897). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 573 (1898). —Schlechter in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 31: 177 (1901). —Summerhayes in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 205 (1968). —Moriarty, Wild Fls. Malawi: t. 30, 5 (1975). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 85 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 96, t. 82 (1977). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 140 (1991). Type: Malawi, without precise locality, Buchanan s.n. (B†, holotype). Satyrium minax Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 268 (1898). Syntypes: Malawi, Blantyre, Last (K) and Scott (K).
Information
Terrestrial herb 40–100 cm high; tubers to 5.5 cm long, globose, ellipsoid or fusiform.Sterile shoot 3–4-leaved; the lowermost 1–2 leaves sheathing; upper leaves 12–27 × 3–6 cm, elliptic or lanceolate.Flowering stem with c. 10 sheathing leaves up to 10 cm long.Inflorescence 12–48 × 2.5–5 cm, cylindrical, densely many-flowered.Flowers lilac with darker spurs or greenish-white; rhachis and ovary purple.Ovary 10 mm long; bracts green with purple edge, reflexed, to 30 mm long at base of inflorescence, lanceolate, acute.Sepals and petals curled under, joined for about half their length to each other and lip.Sepals 4.5–5.5 × 1–2 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse, the median narrower than the laterals.Petals 4–5 × 0.5 mm, ciliolate.Lip thick-textured with a narrow mouth, 5–7 mm long, ellipsoid, forming a hood; spurs 8–11 mm long curving upwards and diverging from each other.Column c. 4 mm high; stigma 1.5 × 1.5 mm; rostellum mid-lobe spoon-shaped from a narrow base, much longer than side lobes.
Habitat
In Julbernardia and Brachystegia woodland
Altitude range
1050–1570 m. 1570 1050
Distribution
Zambia N Chinsali Distr., Ishiba Ngandu (Shiwa Ngandu), fl. ii.1969, G. Williamson 1579 (K).Zimbabwe N Guruve (Sipolilo) Distr., Nyamunyeche Estate, fl. 23.i.1979, Nyariri 666 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Rumphi Distr., c. 37 km N of Rumphi, 1250 m, fl. 22.ii.1978, Pawek 13816 (K; MAL; MO; SRGH; UC).Zambia W Mindolo, near Nkana, fl. 1.i.1936, Brenan 14 (K).Zambia C Kabwe, in Julbernardia paniculata woodland, fl. 12.i.1961, Morze 40 (K).Zambia E Mpangwe Hills, 1050 m, fl. 9.ii.1958, Wright 222 (K).Zambia S 37 km NNE of Choma, 1180 m, fl. 3.i.1957, E.A. Robinson 2008 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Harare, 1500 m, fl. 16.i.1949, Wild 2722 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., Nyhodi Valley, fl. 20.ii.1951, Crook 387 (K; SRGH).Malawi C Nkhota Kota (Nkhotakota) Escarpment, fl. 19.ii.1953, Jackson 1066 (K).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., Ndirande Mt., 1450–1570 m, fl. 12.iii.1970, Brummitt 9042 (K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania

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
Satyrium anomalum Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 424 (1897). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 573 (1898). —Schlechter in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 31: 177 (1901). —Summerhayes in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 205 (1968). —Moriarty, Wild Fls. Malawi: t. 30, 5 (1975). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 85 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 96, t. 82 (1977). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 140 (1991). Type: Malawi, without precise locality, Buchanan s.n. (B†, holotype). Satyrium minax Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 268 (1898). Syntypes: Malawi, Blantyre, Last (K) and Scott (K).
Information
Terrestrial herb 40–100 cm high; tubers to 5.5 cm long, globose, ellipsoid or fusiform.Sterile shoot 3–4-leaved; the lowermost 1–2 leaves sheathing; upper leaves 12–27 × 3–6 cm, elliptic or lanceolate.Flowering stem with c. 10 sheathing leaves up to 10 cm long.Inflorescence 12–48 × 2.5–5 cm, cylindrical, densely many-flowered.Flowers lilac with darker spurs or greenish-white; rhachis and ovary purple.Ovary 10 mm long; bracts green with purple edge, reflexed, to 30 mm long at base of inflorescence, lanceolate, acute.Sepals and petals curled under, joined for about half their length to each other and lip.Sepals 4.5–5.5 × 1–2 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse, the median narrower than the laterals.Petals 4–5 × 0.5 mm, ciliolate.Lip thick-textured with a narrow mouth, 5–7 mm long, ellipsoid, forming a hood; spurs 8–11 mm long curving upwards and diverging from each other.Column c. 4 mm high; stigma 1.5 × 1.5 mm; rostellum mid-lobe spoon-shaped from a narrow base, much longer than side lobes.
Habitat
In Julbernardia and Brachystegia woodland
Altitude range
1050–1570 m. 1570 1050
Distribution
Zambia N Chinsali Distr., Ishiba Ngandu (Shiwa Ngandu), fl. ii.1969, G. Williamson 1579 (K).Zimbabwe N Guruve (Sipolilo) Distr., Nyamunyeche Estate, fl. 23.i.1979, Nyariri 666 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Rumphi Distr., c. 37 km N of Rumphi, 1250 m, fl. 22.ii.1978, Pawek 13816 (K; MAL; MO; SRGH; UC).Zambia W Mindolo, near Nkana, fl. 1.i.1936, Brenan 14 (K).Zambia C Kabwe, in Julbernardia paniculata woodland, fl. 12.i.1961, Morze 40 (K).Zambia E Mpangwe Hills, 1050 m, fl. 9.ii.1958, Wright 222 (K).Zambia S 37 km NNE of Choma, 1180 m, fl. 3.i.1957, E.A. Robinson 2008 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Harare, 1500 m, fl. 16.i.1949, Wild 2722 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., Nyhodi Valley, fl. 20.ii.1951, Crook 387 (K; SRGH).Malawi C Nkhota Kota (Nkhotakota) Escarpment, fl. 19.ii.1953, Jackson 1066 (K).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., Ndirande Mt., 1450–1570 m, fl. 12.iii.1970, Brummitt 9042 (K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania

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
Satyrium anomalum Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 424 (1897). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 573 (1898). —Schlechter in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 31: 177 (1901). —Summerhayes in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 205 (1968). —Moriarty, Wild Fls. Malawi: t. 30, 5 (1975). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 85 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 96, t. 82 (1977). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 140 (1991). Type: Malawi, without precise locality, Buchanan s.n. (B†, holotype). Satyrium minax Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 268 (1898). Syntypes: Malawi, Blantyre, Last (K) and Scott (K).
Information
Terrestrial herb 40–100 cm high; tubers to 5.5 cm long, globose, ellipsoid or fusiform.Sterile shoot 3–4-leaved; the lowermost 1–2 leaves sheathing; upper leaves 12–27 × 3–6 cm, elliptic or lanceolate.Flowering stem with c. 10 sheathing leaves up to 10 cm long.Inflorescence 12–48 × 2.5–5 cm, cylindrical, densely many-flowered.Flowers lilac with darker spurs or greenish-white; rhachis and ovary purple.Ovary 10 mm long; bracts green with purple edge, reflexed, to 30 mm long at base of inflorescence, lanceolate, acute.Sepals and petals curled under, joined for about half their length to each other and lip.Sepals 4.5–5.5 × 1–2 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse, the median narrower than the laterals.Petals 4–5 × 0.5 mm, ciliolate.Lip thick-textured with a narrow mouth, 5–7 mm long, ellipsoid, forming a hood; spurs 8–11 mm long curving upwards and diverging from each other.Column c. 4 mm high; stigma 1.5 × 1.5 mm; rostellum mid-lobe spoon-shaped from a narrow base, much longer than side lobes.
Habitat
In Julbernardia and Brachystegia woodland
Altitude range
1050–1570 m. 1570 1050
Distribution
Zambia N Chinsali Distr., Ishiba Ngandu (Shiwa Ngandu), fl. ii.1969, G. Williamson 1579 (K).Zimbabwe N Guruve (Sipolilo) Distr., Nyamunyeche Estate, fl. 23.i.1979, Nyariri 666 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Rumphi Distr., c. 37 km N of Rumphi, 1250 m, fl. 22.ii.1978, Pawek 13816 (K; MAL; MO; SRGH; UC).Zambia W Mindolo, near Nkana, fl. 1.i.1936, Brenan 14 (K).Zambia C Kabwe, in Julbernardia paniculata woodland, fl. 12.i.1961, Morze 40 (K).Zambia E Mpangwe Hills, 1050 m, fl. 9.ii.1958, Wright 222 (K).Zambia S 37 km NNE of Choma, 1180 m, fl. 3.i.1957, E.A. Robinson 2008 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Harare, 1500 m, fl. 16.i.1949, Wild 2722 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., Nyhodi Valley, fl. 20.ii.1951, Crook 387 (K; SRGH).Malawi C Nkhota Kota (Nkhotakota) Escarpment, fl. 19.ii.1953, Jackson 1066 (K).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., Ndirande Mt., 1450–1570 m, fl. 12.iii.1970, Brummitt 9042 (K).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
Satyrium anomalum Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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