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| Frequency: | very rare |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Dwarf, mostly terrestrial orchid with creeping rhizomes or fusiform tuberous roots, broad plicate (pleated) leaves and terminal inflorescences, flowering with the leaves. The flowers are small and the lip (the unpaired petal) is without a spur. |
| Type location: |
Zambia, Mwinilunga |
| Notes: | Red data status: VU D2 |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from a single collection in Zambia |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Cribb, P.J. (1978). A synopsis of Malaxis (Orchidaceae) in Africa Kew Bulletin 32(4) Pages 739 - 740. La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 283. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 122. |
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