1830.020 Cribbia Senghas

La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995) Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1)

La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1998) Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 11(2)

Description of the genus

Small epiphytic or lithophytic monopodial herbs with slender roots. Leaves distichous, twisted at the base to lie in one plane, articulated at the base to persistent, imbricate leaf sheaths. Inflorescence racemose, laxly few- to many-flowered. Flowers small to medium-sized, translucent, white, greenish or straw-orange in colour. Sepals and petals free, lip entire, spurred at the base. Column terete; rostellum short, 3-lobed, the mid-lobe slightly longer than the side lobes, pendent; pollinia 2, subglobose, very small.

Worldwide: Four species in tropical Africa.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
brachyceras (Summerh.) Senghas	W	Nw,Cb

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Cribbia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2392, retrieved 24 November 2024

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