FZ.15. Habenaria Willd.

Description of the genus

Terrestrial herbs. Leaves basal or cauline or appressed to the ground in a few spp. Inflorescence a terminal spike, Flowers usually inconspicuous, green, white or yellow. Sepals free, the dorsal sepal sometimes forming a hood with the petals. Petals entire or 2-lobed; lip usually 3-lobed, spurred, with the spur often swollen or flattened. Stigmatic arms often elongated. With Eulophia, this is one of the largest orchid genera in both Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Worldwide: c.600 species in the tropics and subtropics

Zambia: 88 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
adolphii Schltr. W
amoena Summerh.N,SDescription, Image
anaphysema Rchb. f.B,N,CDescription
argentea P.J.Cribb [LR-nt]N,W,C
armatissima Rchb. f.N,WDescription, Image
binghamii G.Will. [VU]NDescription, Image
calvilabris Summerh.[DD]N,SDescription, Image
cataphysema Rchb.f. N,WDescription, Image
cirrhata (Lindl.) Rchb. f.[LR-lc]N,W,CDescription, Image
clavata (Lindl.) Rchb. f.N,W,CDescription, Image
compta Summerh. NDescription
cornuta Lindl.[DD]N,C,E,SDescription, Image
debeerstiana Kraenzl.N,CDescription, Image
decurvirostris Summerh.
disparilis Summerh.N,CDescription, Image
edgarii Summerh. [DD]N,WDescription, Image
falcata G. Will.WDescription
falciloba Summerh. W
filicornis Lindl.N,W,C,SDescription, Image
gabonensis Rchb.f. var. piloceras (Rchb.f.) Summerh. W,C
galactantha Kraenzl.N,WDescription, Image
geerinckiana GeerinckWDescription, Image
genuflexa Rendle N,WDescription
goetzeana Kraenzl.N,WDescription, Image
gonatosiphon Summerh.NDescription, Image
harmsiana Schltr.[DD]EDescription, Image
hebes la Croix & P.J.Cribb[EN]W
hirsutitrunci G. Will.[LR-nt]N
holothrix Schltr.CDescription
holubii Rolfe[VU]B,N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
humilior Rchb. f.[DD]N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
ichneumonea (Sw.) Lindl.N,W,C,E
kabompoensis G. Will.WDescription
kassneriana Kraenzl. B,N,CDescription, Image
kilimanjari Rchb.f. B,N,W,C,SDescription, Image
kyimbilae Schltr.Description, Image
laurentii De Wild.N,W,C
leucoceras Schltr. E
leucotricha Schltr. var. recticalcar la Croix & P.J.Cribb [End][LR-nt]N,WDescription
leucotricha Schltr. var. leucotricha W,CDescription, Image
lindblomii Schltr.N,WDescription, Image
macroplectron Schltr. N,W,CDescription, Image
macrotidion Summerh. [End][DD]NImage
macrura Kraenzl.[LR-nt]W,C,E,SDescription, Image
magnirostris Summerh.N,W,CDescription, Image
malacophylla Rchb. f.[LR-lc]N,W,CDescription, Image
mechowii Rchb.f. N,E
mira Summerh.N
mirabilis Rolfe N,W
nicholsonii Rolfe W,C,EDescription
njamnjamica Kraenzl.N,W,C,EDescription, Image
odorata Schltr. W
orthocentron P.J.Cribb [End][DD]
papyracea Schltr.N,WDescription, Image
pasmithii G.Will. [NrEnd?][LR-nt]N,WDescription, Image
perpulchra Kraenzl. NDescription, Image
petitiana (A. Rich.) T. Durand & SchinzW,C
petraea Renz & Grosvenor [NrEnd]EDescription, Image
pilosa Schltr.N,W,CDescription, Image
praestans Rendle var. praestans N,W,C,EDescription, Image
praestans Rendle var. umbrosa G.Will. C
pubidens P.J.Cribb [NrEnd][VU]EDescription, Image
retinervis Summerh.N,W,CDescription, Image
rhopalostigma Kraenzl. N,W,CDescription, Image
schimperiana A. Rich.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
silvatica Schltr.N
sochensis Rchb. f.[LR-lc]W,C,SDescription, Image
splendens Rendle N,CDescription, Image
splendentior Summerh. W
stenorhynchos Schltr.N,W,CDescription, Image
stylites Rchb. f. & S. Moore subsp. rhodesiaca Summerh.E,SDescription, Image
subarmata Rchb. f.B,N,C,SDescription, Image
supplicans Summerh. WDescription, Image
tentaculigera Rchb. f.[LR-nt]W,C,EDescription, Image
tetraceras Summerh. N,C
tortilis P.J.Cribb N,S
trachypetala Kraenzl.E
tubifolia la Croix & P.J.Cribb[EN]N
uhehensis Schltr.[LR-nt]N,CDescription, Image
uncicalcar Summerh.N,W,CDescription, Image
unifoliata Summerh. N,W,C,E
velutina Summerh. [LR-nt]N,C
verdickii (De Wild.) Schltr.N,WDescription, Image
villosa RolfeCDescription, Image
walleri Rchb.f. NDescription, Image
weberiana Schltr.N,W,CImage
xanthochlora Schltr. [NrEnd]EDescription, Image
zambesina Rchb.f.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Habenaria:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Habenaria
Flora of Burundi: Habenaria
Flora of Caprivi: Habenaria
Flora of the DRC: Habenaria
Flora of Malawi: Habenaria
Flora of Mozambique: Habenaria
Flora of Rwanda: Habenaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Habenaria

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Habenaria
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Habenaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Habenaria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Habenaria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Habenaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Habenaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Habenaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Habenaria
Plants of the World Online: Habenaria
Tropicos: Habenaria
Wikipedia: Habenaria

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Habenaria.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=415, retrieved 1 April 2025

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