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Habenaria cataphysema
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Habit
Very large open seepage dambo grassland
Ikatu area
Jan 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower portrait
Very large open seepage dambo grassland
Ikatu area
Jan 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower profile
Very large open seepage dambo grassland
Ikatu area
Jan 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Bilabrella cataphysema (Rchb.f.) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender terrestrial herb 30–80 cm tall; tubers 1–1.5 × c. 1 cm,globose to ovoid.Stem leafy; leaves 7–9, the lowermost 1–2 sheath-like and the uppermost 3–4 bract-like, the rest 5.5–13.5 cm long and 4–8 mm wide, linear.Inflorescence 11–23 × 3–3.5 cm, many-flowered; bracts 7–10 mm long.Flowers pale green.Pedicel and ovary 16–18 mm long.Dorsal sepal 2.5–4 × 2 mm, ovate, reflexed, convex; lateral sepals deflexed, 5–6 × 3–4 mm, obliquely obovate.Petals shortly papillose, 2-lobed almost to base; upper lobe 3–4 × 0.3–0.4 mm; lower lobe 5–7 × 0.5–0.8 mm, both lobes linear.Lip 3-lobed from an undivided base c. 1 mm long; mid-lobe 6–6.5 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide; side lobes 3.3–4.2 × 0.2–0.4 mm, all lobes linear; spur 12–13 mm long, very slender but with apical 2–3 mm abruptly inflated, almost globose.Anther 2–3 mm high; canals 2–3 mm long.Stigmas 2.5–3 mm long; rostellum mid-lobe c. 1.5 mm high.(Source: JSTOR/FZ) |
| Type location: |
Angola |
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| Habitat: | Dambo, damp marshy places |
| Altitude range: | 1350 m (approx) |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Angola, Zambia. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,N |
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| Content last updated: | Monday 23 December 2019 |
| Literature: |
La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 89. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 121. Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 55 - 56. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Habenaria cataphysemaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Habenaria cataphysema
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Habenaria cataphysema
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Habenaria cataphysema
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iNaturalist: Habenaria cataphysema
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Habenaria cataphysema
JSTOR Plant Science: Habenaria cataphysema
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Habenaria cataphysema
Plants of the World Online: Habenaria cataphysema
Tropicos: Habenaria cataphysema
Wikipedia: Habenaria cataphysema
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