African Plant Database


Brachycorythis congoensis Kraenzl.
Family : ORCHIDACEAE
Protologue : Orchid. Gen. Sp. 544
Information on the genus : Brachycorythis
 
 
Status
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Gyaladenia congoensis (Kraenzl.) Szlach. (2006)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Brachycorythis hirschbergii Braid (1925)
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Terrestrial robust herb 18-90 cm tall; tubers cylindrical, to 10 cm long, 1 cm Ø; cauline leaves numerous, lanceolate, acuminate, c. 7,5x3 cm; inflorescence to 28 cm long, 3-5 cm Ø, densely many-flowered; pedicel and ovary 1-2 cm long; bracts leaf-like, to 3,4x0,5 cm; flowers pink-purple, spotted, inner parts whitish; sepals elliptic, rounded, 5-7x2,3,5 mm; petals obliquely ligulate, 4-7,5x1,5-3 mm; lip 8-12 mm long, 3-lobed apically, mid-lobe the longest; spur rounded, 2-3,5 mm long.
Ecology : Brachystegia woodland; burnt grassland on heavy clay soil; seepage areas at foot of slopes; dambo, wet grassland; edges of vleis; river banks; on (deep red) clay or sandy soil; 1000-1500 m alt.

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • LEBRUN, J. P. & A. L. STORK (1995). Enumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale. Monocotyledones: Limnocharitaceae à Poaceae. Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 3: 118
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Flora of Zimbabwe
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide
 
Map
carte afrique num 44195
 
Record n°44195
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