Disperis virginalis Schltr.
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E25-FFD1-1A76-52EFFC2AFCCD |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Disperis virginalis Schltr. |
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33. Disperis virginalis Schltr. View in CoL
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 431 (1897), Bull. Herb. Boissier , ser. 1, 6: 953 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 311 (1913); la Croix F P . J . Cribb , Fl. Zambes.: 247 (1995); J . C . Manning in H . P . Linder F Kurzweil , Orch. S . Afr.: 302 (1999). — Type: South Africa, Limpopo, Houtboschberg , Schlechter 4453 (holo-, B †;
iso-, WU).
Disperis nelsonii Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 311 (1913). — Type: South Africa, Limpopo, Nelson 493 (lecto-, K, designated by Linder F Kurzweil 1999).
Disperis kerstenii sensu Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20, Beibl. 50: 43 (1895).
Plants to 250 mm. Leaves 2, opposite, ovate, to 75 × 45 mm. Flowers 1-3, pale mauve; median sepal hooded, ± 1 0-13 mm long, lateral sepals oblanceolate, 8-10 × 4-8 mm, basally fused; petals oblong, 11-14 × 3-4 mm; lip ascending, ± 8 mm long, blade ligulate, appendage of two 2-forked lobes hanging over blade ( Fig. 6B, C View FIG ).
DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa (Limpopo) and Zimbabwe; in leaf litter in gallery forest and in wattle and pine plantations, also reported on moss-covered rocks under Podocarpus at ± 1 500-2500 m. Flowering in February and March.
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Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department |
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Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants |
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University of the Witwatersrand |
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University of Copenhagen |
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University of Helsinki |
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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
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Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet |
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