| Tridactyle muriculata (Rendle) Schltr. |
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| Protologue : Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36: 146 (1918) |
| Information on the genus : Tridactyle |
| Basionym : Angraecum muriculatum Rendle |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Angraecum muriculatum Rendle |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Epiphytic herb; stems stout, branching, to 4,5 cm long, with many verrucose roots; leaves linear-oblong, 5-6,5x0,7-0,9 cm; flowers 15 mm Ø; sepals c. 7x3 mm; petals lanceolate, c. 6x1 mm; lip ± entire with 2 small auricles at base, 65 mm long; side lobes tooth-like; midlobe long, narrow, acute, c. 6x1 mm; spur 30 mm long. |
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| Ecology : |
Forest; on an isolated tree in a village (W Cameroon) at 700 m alt.; 150-700 m alt. |
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Closely related to T. anthomaniaca but leaves narrower, flowers larger, spur much longer. Known from only 2 collections: Talbot, SE Nigeria, collected in 1911; Droissart & al., W Cameroon, Komba Tida road, collected in 2005. The “typical habitat is under threat at both locations”. Cultivated in Yaoundé shadehouse. |
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DROISSART, V., B. SONKÉ & AL. (2009). New orchid records from Atlantic Central Africa. Edinburgh J. Bot. 66: 129 
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Orchidées d'Afrique Centrale |
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