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Eulophia streptopetala Lindl. [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 2, (1998) Author: I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb
Names
Lissochilus papilionaceus Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Bot. 33: 170 (1895). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 336 (1916). Type: Zambia, Stevenson Road, Scott Elliot 8268 (BM, holotype; K). Lissochilus ruwenzoriensis Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Bot. 33: 170 (1895). Type from Uganda. Lissochilus shirensis Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Bot. 33: 171 (1895). Type: Malawi, Sotchi (Soche), Scott Elliot 8613 (BM, holotype; K). Eulophia manganjensis Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 67 (1897). Type: Malawi, Shire Highlands, near Mt. Soche (Sochi), 900 m, Kirk (K, holotype). Lissochilus carsonii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 90 (1897). Type: Zambia, Fwambo, Carson 123 (K, holotype). Lissochilus erythraea Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 91 (1897). Syntypes from Ethiopia and Eritrea. Lissochilus kirkii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 92 (1897). Type from Zanzibar. Lissochilus morrumbalaensis De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Pl. Nov. Hort. Then. 1: 61, tab 15 (1904). Type: Mozambique, Luja 399 (BR, holotype). Lissochilus ukingensis Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 591 (1915). Type from Tanzania. Eulophia grantii Rchb.f. Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 8: 148 (1953). Eulophia rueppelii Rchb.f. Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 8: 156 (1953). Eulophia paivaeana Rchb.f. Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 8: 152 (1953); 586 (1954). —Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 176 (1968). —Moriarty, Wild Fls. Malawi: 44, t. 22, 3 (1975). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 173 (1977). Eulophia paivaeana subsp. borealis Summerh. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 8: 152 (1953). Type from Uganda. Eulophia streptopetala Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Reg. 12: sub t. 1002 (1826). —Hall in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 5: 123 (1965). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 82 (1976). —Stewart et al., Wild Orch. South. Africa: 239 (1982). —Kemp, Fl. Checklist Swaziland: 23 (1983). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae pt. 3: 469 (1989). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 338 (1991). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 2: 620 (1992). —Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 125 (1996). Type a cultivated plant, origin unknown. Lissochilus graeferi Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 11: 749 (1892). Type a cultivated plant. Lissochilus graniticus Schweinf. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, Appendix 2: 89, 112 (1894). Types from Eritrea. Lissochilus stuhlmannii Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 249 (1894). Type from Tanzania. Lissochilus abyssinicus A. Rich. T. Durand & Schinz [family ORCHIDACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 27 (1895). Lissochilus streptopetalus Lindl. Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 191 (1833). Lissochilus krebsii Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Linnaea 20: 685 (1847). Type from South Africa. Lissochilus rueppelii Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Linnaea 20: 685 (1847), in obs.; 22: 865 (1849). Type from Ethiopia. Hypodematium abyssinicum A. Rich. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 286, t. 83 (1851). Type from Ethiopia. Lissochilus paivaeanus Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 48: 187 (1865). Type from Angola. Lissochilus grantii Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 154 (1875). Type from Tanzania. Lissochilus oliverianus Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 154 (1875). Type from Tanzania. Lissochilus oatesii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Oates, Matabeleland Victoria Falls, ed. 2, appendix V: 409 (1889). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 336 (1916). Type: Zimbabwe, Matabeleland, Oates s.n. (K, holotype). Eulophia krebsii Rchb.f. Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 185 (1889). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 336 (1916). —Summerhayes in Norlindh & Weimarck in Bot. Not. 1937: 197 (1937).
Information
Robust terrestrial herb 50–150 cm tall.Perennating organs pseudobulbous, mostly above ground, 2.5–10 cm tall, up to 2.5 cm in diameter, conical to cylindrical, ribbed, clustered.Roots 4–6 mm in diameter, fleshy, white.Leaves several, forming a fan, blade 40–65 × 0.5–8 cm, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, plicate.Inflorescences rather laxly many-flowered; scape stout with several sheaths along its length.Pedicel and ovary 15–25 mm long, arched so that the flowers face down; bracts 7–20 mm long, lanceolate or ovate, acute or acuminate.Sepals green or yellow-green blotched with brownish-purple, particularly inside; petals bright yellow outside, creamy-yellow inside; lip yellow, the side lobes purple, spur purple-red.Sepals (8)15–18 × (3)6–10 mm, oblanceolate or obovate, apiculate, the laterals slightly longer than the dorsal.Petals (8)13–21 × (8)12.5–20 mm, orbicular or ovate, lying parallel to the column.Lip (8)15–20 mm long, 3-lobed; side lobes 6.5–7 × 4.5–6.5 mm, erect, quite free from the column; mid-lobe 7.5–12 × 7.5–11 mm, the margins folded down, with a crest of 3–5 fleshy ridges down the centre; spur 2–4 mm long, conical, pointing backwards.Column 5–9 mm long, with a foot about 6 mm long.
Habitat
Submontane and dambo grasslands, mixed deciduous woodlands and forest margins, often on rocky outcrops, sometimes on termite mounds
Altitude range
800–2300 m. 2300 800
Distribution
Zambia N Mbala Distr., Ndundu, 1740 m, fl. 15.xi.1959, Richards 11778 (K).Zimbabwe N Guruve Distr., Nyamunyeche Estate, Mabubu area, on edge of Karoi River, on termite mound, fl. 24.x.1974, Nyariri 455 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Mzimba Distr., Champhila (Champira), 12 km northeast of Katete, on Lwanjati Road, 1670 m, fl. 24.xii.1975, Pawek 10490 (K; MAL; MO).Mozambique MS Kurumadzi River, Jihu, Swynnerton 747 (SRGH).Zambia C Serenje Distr., Kundalila Falls, 15 km SE of Kanona, fl. 20.xi.1969, G. Williamson 1855 (K; SRGH).Zambia E Nyika Plateau, near Zambian Rest House, 2250 m., fl. 10.xi.1967, Richards 22460 (K).Zimbabwe W Matopos Hills, fl. x.1905, Gibbs s.n. (K).Zimbabwe C Harare Distr., fl. x.1919, Eyles 1852 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe E Mutare Distr., Umtali Commonage, 1100 m, fl. 20.xii.1959, Chase 7227 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Masvingo (Fort Victoria), 1909–12, Monro 2237 (BM).Malawi C Dedza Distr., Chongoni Forest Reserve, fl. 7.xi.1967, Salubeni 872 (K; SRGH).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., Ndirande Mt., c. 1300 m, fl. 23.xi.1977, Brummitt, Seyani & Banda 15171 (K).
Distribution (external)
Sudan Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Uganda Rwanda Burundi Tanzania Zaire Angola Namibia South Africa Swaziland
Eulophia streptopetala Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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