| Neobolusia ciliata Summerh. |
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| Protologue : Kew Bull. 1956, 217 (1956) |
| Information on the genus : Neobolusia |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Terrestrial herb 20-30 cm tall; tuber fusiform, c. 2x0,3 cm; leaves cauline, 3-4, largest near stem base, lanceolate, apiculate, 4,2-6,5x1-1,2 cm, upper ones bract-like; inflorescence 7-10 cm long, laxly 3-10-flowered; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, 10-12x5 mm; flowers green, petals rimmed purple, lip purplish; pedicel and ovary c. 10 mm long; dorsal sepal erect, lanceolate, c. 9,5x3-4 mm, laterals spreading; petals c. 6-8x3 mm, margin ± ciliolate; lip broadly rhomboid-hastate, 11-13,5x9-10,5 mm, 3-lobed in basal half, margins ciliate, side lobes 1-2 mm long along front margin. |
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| Ecology : |
Grassy plateau, grassland; in shelter of boulders; old cultivated land; 1540-2000 m alt. |
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“in the same colony variation occurred from entirely glabrous to densely ciliate margined petals” Ball, Terrestr. Afric. orchids: 222, 2009). |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- EXELL, A. & WILD, H. (1995). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 11[1]: 28
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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