Disperis tripetaloides (Thouars) Lindl.
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E2C-FFD9-18A3-53E5FEEAFD15 |
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Carolina |
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Disperis tripetaloides (Thouars) Lindl. |
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7. Disperis tripetaloides (Thouars) Lindl. View in CoL
Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl. 371 (1839), as tripetaloidea; Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 1, 6: 932 (1898), as tripetaloidea; H. Perrier in Humbert, Fl. Madag. (Engl. revis.), Orch.: 117 (1981), as tripetaloidea; Du Puy et al., Orch. Madag.: 136 (1999); la Croix et al., Adansonia 24: 76 (2002). — Dryopeia tripetaloides Thouars, Hist. Orchid. : t. 3 (1822). — Type: La Réunion, Thouars s.n. (holo-, P). Dryorkis tridris Thouars, Hist. Orchid. : t. 3 (1822),
nom. superfl. pro Dryopeia tripetaloides Thouars (1822) .
Plants to 220 mm. Leaves 2-3, alternate, ovate, 15-50 × 8-25 mm. Flowers 1-5, white or rosecoloured; median sepal linear, 8-9 mm, hood shallow, 6.5-8.5 × 3-5 mm, lateral sepals elliptic, 7-10 × 5 mm, nearly free; petals semi-circular, 6- 8 mm long; lip blade oblong with fleshy and papillose structure at tip, appendage papillose, more or less bilobed ( Fig. 4A, E View FIG ).
DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Madagascar, Seychelles, Comores, Mauritius, La Réunion and Rodrigues; singly or in small colonies in rich soil in the understorey of semidry (rarely humid) forest, from sea level to about 700 m. Flowering mostly from November to June. In his description Lindley (1839) erroneously cited a specimen from Sri Lanka under this species, which was later referred to D. zeylanica (= D. neilgherrensis ).
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