| Brachycorythis inhambanensis (Schltr.) Schltr. |
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| Family : ORCHIDACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Brachycorythis |
| Basionym : Platanthera inhambanensis Schltr. |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Platanthera inhambanensis Schltr. (1899) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Terrestrial slender herb 20-40 cm tall; cauline leaves 2-8, lax, lanceolate, acute, 8x3 cm; inflorescence 6-10 cm long, 2-2,5 cm Ø, 10-20-flowered; bracts leaf-like, to 2,5 cm long; flowers whitish or yellowish green with purple markings; pedicel and ovary c. 1 cm long; sepals oblong-ovate, obtuse, 4-5x2,5-3 mm; petals lanceolate, obtuse, c. 4x2 mm; lip spathulate, fleshy, c. 5x4 mm, apex 3-lobed, mid-lobe very small, base of lip forming a sac but not a spur. |
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| Ecology : |
Boggy grassland, marsh, wet montane grassland, montane meadow; (0-)1680-2400 m alt. |
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S. Africa. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb, Geophyte- Ht up to 0.25 m.in states: EC, KN |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Orchids of Southern Africa : 83-84 (1999).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°44188 |
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