Disperis circumflexa

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 198

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scientific name	Disperis circumflexa
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65. Disperis circumflexa View in CoL (L.) T.Durand F Schinz

Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 118 (1894); J.C. Manning in

H.P. Linder F Kurzweil, Orch. S. Afr.: 315 (1999). —

Ophrys circumflexa View in CoL L., Pl. Rar. Afr.: 27 (1760). —

Orchis circumflexa View in CoL (L.) Bolus, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19:

346 (1882), nom. inval. pro syn. — Type: South

Africa, Cape of Good Hope, herb. Burman s.n. (lecto-,

BM, designated by Linder F Kurzweil 1999).

Arethusa secunda Thunb., Prod. Fl. Cap. 3 (1794), nom. illeg. — Disperis secunda (Thunb.) Sw., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. View in CoL : 220 (1800); Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 922 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 294 (1913). — Type: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Thunberg s.n. (loc. incert.).

Dipera secunda Spreng., Syst. Veg. View in CoL 3: 696 (1826), nom. illegit.

Plants to 250 mm. Leaves 2, alternate, suberect, linear, 25-130 × 1.5-6 mm. Flowers 2-11, in secund raceme, yellow or white and green; median sepal ovate, hooded, 4-6 × 4-5 mm, lateral sepals ± horizontal, obovate, 7-11 × 2.5- 4.5 mm; petals falcate, ovate, basally auriculate, 4-6 × 2-3 mm; lip blade boat-shaped with tubercles within, appendage linear, pointing backwards.

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa (Western and Northern Cape); in soils derived from clay, sandstone or granite in low fynbos, Restio -veld and renosterveld, at 100-700 (-1000) m. Flowering mainly from August to September.