Disperis decipiens Verdc.

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 196

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5194632

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E11-FFE5-18A3-56D9FB19FC00

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scientific name

Disperis decipiens Verdc.
status

 

60. Disperis decipiens Verdc. View in CoL

Kew Bull. 30: 605 (1976). — Tanzania, Mbeya Distr., Leedal H 659/74B (holo-, K).

Plants mostly 120 mm. Leaves 2, alternate, ovate, 5-22 × 3-15 mm. Flower 1, white; median sepal 5 mm long, lateral sepals naviculate, 5-6.5 × 2-3 mm; petals lanceolate, 5-5.5 × 1-1.5 mm; lip only basally fused to gynostemium, lanceolate, 4-5.5 mm long, without appendage.

The absence of the lip appendage in this species is probably due to secondary loss.

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Rather localised in Tanzania; in forests and cypress plantations at ± 1700 m. Flowering in April and May.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Disperis

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