Disperis reichenbachiana Welw. ex Rchb.
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5194472 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E2A-FFDF-18A3-512AFE4CFC2E |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Disperis reichenbachiana Welw. ex Rchb. |
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2. Disperis reichenbachiana Welw. ex Rchb. View in CoL f.
Flora 48: 180 (1865); Rolfe, Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 290 Geerinck, Fl. Afr. Centr.: 236 (1984); P . J . Cribb F Fay, Kew Bull. 42: 719 (1987) ; la Croix F P. J . Cribb, Fl. Zambes.: 231 (1995). — Type: Angola, Welwitsch 694 (holo-, W; iso-, BM, K, LISU) .
Plants 70-250 mm. Leaves 2-4, alternate, ovate. Flowers 1-4, pink; median sepal 7-8 × 1- 2 mm, hood shallow, 6-8.5 mm wide, lateral sepals elliptic, 9-10.5 × 3.5-5.5 mm, basally fused; petals 6-10 × 2-3.5 mm; lip 6.5-8 mm long, blade oblong with fleshy papillose callus, stalked, appendage of two diverging papillose lobes ( Fig. 4B View FIG ).
DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Widespread in tropical Africa, from Zimbabwe and Angola to Uganda and Kenya in the east, Zaire / DRC and São Thomé in the west and the Central African Republic in the north; in leaf litter in deep shade on the floor of riverine and submontane forest and occasionally in mossy rock cracks in grassland and bush, at 800-2330 m. Flowering from December to March in south-central Africa, and December to July in eastern Africa.
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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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Naturhistorisches Museum Wien |
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Bristol Museum |
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Royal Botanic Gardens |
| LISU |
Museu Nacional de História Natural |
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