Disperis pusilla Verdc.

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 187-188

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5194606

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E18-FFED-18A3-512AFEBFFD15

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scientific name

Disperis pusilla Verdc.
status

 

42. Disperis pusilla Verdc. View in CoL

Kew Bull. 22: 94 (1968), Fl. Trop. East Afr. : 223 F P . J . Cribb, Fl. Zambes.: 244 (1995). — Type: Zambia, Abercorn Distr. , Richards 10373 (holo-, K; iso-, EA) .

Plants 25-40 mm. Leaf 1, basal, ovate, 6-8 × 6- 10 mm, papillose. Flower solitary, deep yellow; median sepal linear-lanceolate, 8 × 1.8 mm, hood shallow, lateral sepals semi-orbicular, 6 × 3.5 mm, free; petals oblong, 8 × 2.8 mm; lip papillose, triangular, blade awl-shaped, appendage of two deflexed lobes ( Fig. 7 View FIG ).

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zaire / DRC; in grassland, woodland and bog from 1650 to 2400 m. Flowering mainly in November and December but also in May.

F

Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department

P

Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants

J

University of the Witwatersrand

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

EA

National Museums of Kenya - East African Herbarium

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Disperis

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