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Eulophia zeyheri Hook.f. [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
Eulophia lujae De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Pl. Nov. Herb. Horti. Then. 1: t. 17 (1904). Type: Mozambique, Morrumbala, Luja 391 (BR, holotype). Eulophia granducalis Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 340 (1909). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire). Eulophia zeyheri Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. 119: t. 7330 (1893). —Summerhayes in Norlindh & Weimarck in Bot. Not. 1937: 200 (1937); in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 247 (1968). —Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 188 (1968). —Moriarty, Wild Fls. Malawi: t. 22, 2 (1975). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 82 (1976). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae pt. 3: 454 (1989). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 307 (1991). —Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 127 (1996). TAB. 168, B1–B8. Syntypes from South Africa and Angola. Eulophia bicolor Rchb.f. & Sond. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 48: 186 (1865), non Dalzell (1851), nom illegit. Syntypes as for E. zeyheri. Ornithochilus renschianus Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 65: 532 (1882). Type from Angola. Ornithochilus mechowii Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 65: 532 (1882). Type from Angola. Eulophia welwitschii Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag., subt. 7330 (1893). Type from Angola. Eulophia milanjiana Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Ser. 2, Bot. 4: 44 (1894). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 63 (1897). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 336 (1916). —Suessenguth & Merxmüller, Contrib. Fl. Marandellas Distr.: 82 (1951). Type: Malawi, Mt. Mulanje, 2500 ft., Whyte 257 (K). Eulophia woodii Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20, Beibl. 50: 5 (1895). Type from South Africa. Eulophia renschianus Rchb.f. T. Durand & Schinz [family ORCHIDACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 25 (1895). Eulophia praestans Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Bot. 33: 166 (1895). Type: Malawi, Shire Highlands, Scott Elliot 8616, in part (B, holotype; K). Eulophia dichroma Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 62 (1897). Type as for E. welwitschii Hook.f.
Information
Robust terrestrial herb 30–70 cm tall.Perennating organs subterranean, tuberous, 5–10 × 2–2.5 cm, potato-like, forming a long chain; roots 1.5 mm in diameter.Leaves 2–3, 30–80 × 1.5–5 cm, lanceolate, acute, ribbed, absent or just starting to develop at flowering time.Inflorescence short and dense, almost capitate, many-flowered; scape stout, with several loose, papery sheaths up to 10 cm long, sometimes overlapping.Pedicel and ovary 10–20 mm long; bracts 20–50 mm long, lanceolate, long acuminate, spreading or reflexed.Flowers lemon-yellow with a deep purple, orange or brown blotch on the mid-lobe of the lip, side lobes purplish.Sepals 28–40 × 10–16 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, the laterals very slightly longer than the dorsal.Petals slightly shorter than the sepals, 28–35 × 10–14 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate.Lip 23–30 × 12–22 mm, 3-lobed; side lobes small, rounded; mid-lobe c. 15 × 15 mm, suborbicular, obtuse or emarginate; callus of 2 basal ridges turning to long papillae on the basal half of the mid-lobe.Spur 2–5 mm long, straight, conical to cylindrical.Column 6–7 mm long; foot 3 mm long.Capsule pendent, c. 20 mm long.
Habitat
Evergreen forest margins with Smilax sp. and bracken, hillside miombo and wooded plateau grassland, and coastal grasslands
Altitude range
0–1920 m. 1920 0
Distribution
Zimbabwe N Mazowe Distr., on side of Iron Mask Hill, fl. xi.1906, Eyles 464 (SRGH); Karoi to Makuti, fl. 5.xii.1962, Morze 108 (K).Malawi N Chitipa Distr., Misuku Hills, Itera to Matipa, 1920 m, fl. 27.xii.1977, Pawek 13410 (K; MAL; MO; SRGH; UC).Mozambique Z Morrambala, 750–900 m, fl. 30.xii.1858, Kirk s.n. (K).Zimbabwe W Matobo Distr., Besna Kobila Farm, 1450 m, fl. xi.1954, Miller 2527 (SRGH).Zimbabwe C Shurugwe (Selukwe), Ferny Creek, 1200 m, fl. 8.xii.1953, Wild 4293 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare, Murahwa’s Hill, 1200 m, fl. 12.xi.1986, Linder 3972 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe S Masvingo Distr., 55 km ENE of Masvingo (Fort Victoria), fl. 5.xii.1973, McMurdon 50 (SRGH).Malawi C Ntcheu Distr., Chirobwe Mt., 1860 m, fl. 27.xi.1977, Brummitt, Seyani & Patel 15176 (K).Malawi S Zomba Plateau, near Mlunguzi (Mulunguzi) Dam, 1500 m, fl. 15.xi.1984, Pettersson 307 (K; UP).Mozambique MS Manica, Moribane, fl. 17.xi.1942, Salbany 66 (K; LISC).Mozambique M Matutuíne (Bela Vista), near Porto Henrique, fl. 30.x.1980, de Koning & Nuvunga 8564 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Nigeria Sudan Kenya Uganda Rwanda Tanzania Zaire Angola South Africa
Notes
See note following E. welwitschii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe.

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
Eulophia lujae De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Pl. Nov. Herb. Horti. Then. 1: t. 17 (1904). Type: Mozambique, Morrumbala, Luja 391 (BR, holotype). Eulophia granducalis Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 340 (1909). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire). Eulophia zeyheri Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. 119: t. 7330 (1893). —Summerhayes in Norlindh & Weimarck in Bot. Not. 1937: 200 (1937); in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 247 (1968). —Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 188 (1968). —Moriarty, Wild Fls. Malawi: t. 22, 2 (1975). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 82 (1976). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae pt. 3: 454 (1989). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 307 (1991). —Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 127 (1996). TAB. 168, B1–B8. Syntypes from South Africa and Angola. Eulophia bicolor Rchb.f. & Sond. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 48: 186 (1865), non Dalzell (1851), nom illegit. Syntypes as for E. zeyheri. Ornithochilus renschianus Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 65: 532 (1882). Type from Angola. Ornithochilus mechowii Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 65: 532 (1882). Type from Angola. Eulophia welwitschii Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag., subt. 7330 (1893). Type from Angola. Eulophia milanjiana Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Ser. 2, Bot. 4: 44 (1894). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 63 (1897). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 336 (1916). —Suessenguth & Merxmüller, Contrib. Fl. Marandellas Distr.: 82 (1951). Type: Malawi, Mt. Mulanje, 2500 ft., Whyte 257 (K). Eulophia woodii Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20, Beibl. 50: 5 (1895). Type from South Africa. Eulophia renschianus Rchb.f. T. Durand & Schinz [family ORCHIDACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 25 (1895). Eulophia praestans Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Bot. 33: 166 (1895). Type: Malawi, Shire Highlands, Scott Elliot 8616, in part (B, holotype; K). Eulophia dichroma Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 62 (1897). Type as for E. welwitschii Hook.f.
Information
Robust terrestrial herb 30–70 cm tall.Perennating organs subterranean, tuberous, 5–10 × 2–2.5 cm, potato-like, forming a long chain; roots 1.5 mm in diameter.Leaves 2–3, 30–80 × 1.5–5 cm, lanceolate, acute, ribbed, absent or just starting to develop at flowering time.Inflorescence short and dense, almost capitate, many-flowered; scape stout, with several loose, papery sheaths up to 10 cm long, sometimes overlapping.Pedicel and ovary 10–20 mm long; bracts 20–50 mm long, lanceolate, long acuminate, spreading or reflexed.Flowers lemon-yellow with a deep purple, orange or brown blotch on the mid-lobe of the lip, side lobes purplish.Sepals 28–40 × 10–16 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, the laterals very slightly longer than the dorsal.Petals slightly shorter than the sepals, 28–35 × 10–14 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate.Lip 23–30 × 12–22 mm, 3-lobed; side lobes small, rounded; mid-lobe c. 15 × 15 mm, suborbicular, obtuse or emarginate; callus of 2 basal ridges turning to long papillae on the basal half of the mid-lobe.Spur 2–5 mm long, straight, conical to cylindrical.Column 6–7 mm long; foot 3 mm long.Capsule pendent, c. 20 mm long.
Habitat
Evergreen forest margins with Smilax sp. and bracken, hillside miombo and wooded plateau grassland, and coastal grasslands
Altitude range
0–1920 m. 1920 0
Distribution
Zimbabwe N Mazowe Distr., on side of Iron Mask Hill, fl. xi.1906, Eyles 464 (SRGH); Karoi to Makuti, fl. 5.xii.1962, Morze 108 (K).Malawi N Chitipa Distr., Misuku Hills, Itera to Matipa, 1920 m, fl. 27.xii.1977, Pawek 13410 (K; MAL; MO; SRGH; UC).Mozambique Z Morrambala, 750–900 m, fl. 30.xii.1858, Kirk s.n. (K).Zimbabwe W Matobo Distr., Besna Kobila Farm, 1450 m, fl. xi.1954, Miller 2527 (SRGH).Zimbabwe C Shurugwe (Selukwe), Ferny Creek, 1200 m, fl. 8.xii.1953, Wild 4293 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare, Murahwa’s Hill, 1200 m, fl. 12.xi.1986, Linder 3972 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe S Masvingo Distr., 55 km ENE of Masvingo (Fort Victoria), fl. 5.xii.1973, McMurdon 50 (SRGH).Malawi C Ntcheu Distr., Chirobwe Mt., 1860 m, fl. 27.xi.1977, Brummitt, Seyani & Patel 15176 (K).Malawi S Zomba Plateau, near Mlunguzi (Mulunguzi) Dam, 1500 m, fl. 15.xi.1984, Pettersson 307 (K; UP).Mozambique MS Manica, Moribane, fl. 17.xi.1942, Salbany 66 (K; LISC).Mozambique M Matutuíne (Bela Vista), near Porto Henrique, fl. 30.x.1980, de Koning & Nuvunga 8564 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Nigeria Sudan Kenya Uganda Rwanda Tanzania Zaire Angola South Africa
Notes
See note following E. welwitschii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe.

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
Eulophia lujae De Wild. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Pl. Nov. Herb. Horti. Then. 1: t. 17 (1904). Type: Mozambique, Morrumbala, Luja 391 (BR, holotype). Eulophia granducalis Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 340 (1909). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire). Eulophia zeyheri Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag. 119: t. 7330 (1893). —Summerhayes in Norlindh & Weimarck in Bot. Not. 1937: 200 (1937); in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 247 (1968). —Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 188 (1968). —Moriarty, Wild Fls. Malawi: t. 22, 2 (1975). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 82 (1976). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae pt. 3: 454 (1989). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 307 (1991). —Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 127 (1996). TAB. 168, B1–B8. Syntypes from South Africa and Angola. Eulophia bicolor Rchb.f. & Sond. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 48: 186 (1865), non Dalzell (1851), nom illegit. Syntypes as for E. zeyheri. Ornithochilus renschianus Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 65: 532 (1882). Type from Angola. Ornithochilus mechowii Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 65: 532 (1882). Type from Angola. Eulophia welwitschii Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Mag., subt. 7330 (1893). Type from Angola. Eulophia milanjiana Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Ser. 2, Bot. 4: 44 (1894). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 63 (1897). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 336 (1916). —Suessenguth & Merxmüller, Contrib. Fl. Marandellas Distr.: 82 (1951). Type: Malawi, Mt. Mulanje, 2500 ft., Whyte 257 (K). Eulophia woodii Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20, Beibl. 50: 5 (1895). Type from South Africa. Eulophia renschianus Rchb.f. T. Durand & Schinz [family ORCHIDACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 25 (1895). Eulophia praestans Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Bot. 33: 166 (1895). Type: Malawi, Shire Highlands, Scott Elliot 8616, in part (B, holotype; K). Eulophia dichroma Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 62 (1897). Type as for E. welwitschii Hook.f.
Information
Robust terrestrial herb 30–70 cm tall.Perennating organs subterranean, tuberous, 5–10 × 2–2.5 cm, potato-like, forming a long chain; roots 1.5 mm in diameter.Leaves 2–3, 30–80 × 1.5–5 cm, lanceolate, acute, ribbed, absent or just starting to develop at flowering time.Inflorescence short and dense, almost capitate, many-flowered; scape stout, with several loose, papery sheaths up to 10 cm long, sometimes overlapping.Pedicel and ovary 10–20 mm long; bracts 20–50 mm long, lanceolate, long acuminate, spreading or reflexed.Flowers lemon-yellow with a deep purple, orange or brown blotch on the mid-lobe of the lip, side lobes purplish.Sepals 28–40 × 10–16 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, the laterals very slightly longer than the dorsal.Petals slightly shorter than the sepals, 28–35 × 10–14 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate.Lip 23–30 × 12–22 mm, 3-lobed; side lobes small, rounded; mid-lobe c. 15 × 15 mm, suborbicular, obtuse or emarginate; callus of 2 basal ridges turning to long papillae on the basal half of the mid-lobe.Spur 2–5 mm long, straight, conical to cylindrical.Column 6–7 mm long; foot 3 mm long.Capsule pendent, c. 20 mm long.
Habitat
Evergreen forest margins with Smilax sp. and bracken, hillside miombo and wooded plateau grassland, and coastal grasslands
Altitude range
0–1920 m. 1920 0
Distribution
Zimbabwe N Mazowe Distr., on side of Iron Mask Hill, fl. xi.1906, Eyles 464 (SRGH); Karoi to Makuti, fl. 5.xii.1962, Morze 108 (K).Malawi N Chitipa Distr., Misuku Hills, Itera to Matipa, 1920 m, fl. 27.xii.1977, Pawek 13410 (K; MAL; MO; SRGH; UC).Mozambique Z Morrambala, 750–900 m, fl. 30.xii.1858, Kirk s.n. (K).Zimbabwe W Matobo Distr., Besna Kobila Farm, 1450 m, fl. xi.1954, Miller 2527 (SRGH).Zimbabwe C Shurugwe (Selukwe), Ferny Creek, 1200 m, fl. 8.xii.1953, Wild 4293 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare, Murahwa’s Hill, 1200 m, fl. 12.xi.1986, Linder 3972 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe S Masvingo Distr., 55 km ENE of Masvingo (Fort Victoria), fl. 5.xii.1973, McMurdon 50 (SRGH).Malawi C Ntcheu Distr., Chirobwe Mt., 1860 m, fl. 27.xi.1977, Brummitt, Seyani & Patel 15176 (K).Malawi S Zomba Plateau, near Mlunguzi (Mulunguzi) Dam, 1500 m, fl. 15.xi.1984, Pettersson 307 (K; UP).Mozambique MS Manica, Moribane, fl. 17.xi.1942, Salbany 66 (K; LISC).Mozambique M Matutuíne (Bela Vista), near Porto Henrique, fl. 30.x.1980, de Koning & Nuvunga 8564 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Nigeria Sudan Kenya Uganda Rwanda Tanzania Zaire Angola South Africa
Notes
See note following E. welwitschii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe.
Eulophia zeyheri Hook.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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