Disperis dicerochila Summerh.
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5194584 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E25-FFD1-1A76-5429FDFCFA16 |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Disperis dicerochila Summerh. |
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32. Disperis dicerochila Summerh. View in CoL
Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 33: t. 3272 (1935); Verdcourt, Fl. Trop. East Afr. : 223 (1968); Geerinck, Fl. Afr. Centr.: 232 (1984); la Croix F P . J . Cribb, Fl. Zambes.: 239 (1995); P . J . Cribb F Thomas, Fl. Ethiop. Eritr. 6: 248 (1997). — Type: Uganda, Ruwenzori , Eggeling 1382 (holo-, K) .
Plants 60-260 mm. Leaves 2, opposite, ovate, 15-55 × 10-40 mm. Flowers 1-3, white and pink; median sepal linear-lanceolate, 7-11 mm long, hood boat-shaped, lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate, 7-10 × 4-8 mm, free; petals elliptic, 7-10 × 3.5- 4 mm; lip 7-9 mm long, blade lorate and pointing forwards, appendage of two forked lobes ( Fig. 1A View FIG ).
DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Southcentral and eastern Africa as far as Ethiopia; in leaf-litter and on mossy branches in montane forest. Flowering from December to October.
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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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Royal Botanic Gardens |
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