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Erect, terrestrial herbs arising from small tubers and growing in very shallow soil or leaf mould in forest. Leaves 1-few, alternate or opposite. Flowers solitary or in racemes, Bracts leaf-like. Dorsal sepal united with the petals to form a hood-like structure varying from a ± flat limb to an elongate spur; lateral sepals each usually with a conspicuous spur or pouch near the inner margin. Petals variously shaped, often falcate. Lip greatly modified and characteristic of the species, joined to the column and bearing a distinctive appendage. Worldwide: 75 species in tropical and South Africa, Mascarenes and Indomalesia Zambia: 16 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| anthoceros Rchb. f. | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| aphylla Kraenzl. subsp. bifolia Verdc. [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| bifida P.J.Cribb [NrEnd][CR] | E | Description, Image |
| bifida × dicerochila | Description | |
| breviloba Verdc. [DD] | B,C | Description, Image |
| dicerochila Summerh. | E | Description, Image |
| johnstonii Rolfe | E | Description, Image |
| katangensis Summerh. var. minor Verdc. [DD] | W | |
| katangensis Summerh. var. katangensis | N,W | Description, Image |
| kilimanjarica Rendle | E | |
| leuconeura Schltr. | S | |
| nemorosa Rendle | E | |
| parvifolia Schltr. | ||
| pusilla Verdc. | ||
| reichenbachiana Rchb. f. | N,W | Description, Image |
| thomensis Summerh. | W,E | Description, Image |
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