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| Family : ORCHIDACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Eulophia |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | rejected (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Eulophia dictyostegioides Kraenzl. (1990) |
| Orthochilus milnei (Rchb. f.) Bytebier (2014) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Eulophia corallorhiziformis Schltr. (1895) |
| =Eulophia bulbinoides Schltr. (1924) |
| =Eulophia gracillima Ridl. (1886) |
| =Eulophia lujaana Kraenzl. |
| =Eulophia lutea Lindl. (1862) |
| =Eulophia microdactyla Kraenzl. (1914) |
| =Eulophia pusilla Rolfe (1914) |
| =Eulophia warneckeana Kraenzl. (1904) |
| =Eulophia thollonii Szlach. & Olszewski |
| =Eulophia poaeformis Szlach. (1993) |
| =Graphorkis lutea Kuntze |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Terrestrial herb 15-60 cm tall, very slender; pseudobulbs subterranean, ovoid, 1-2x c. 1 cm, in chains; leaves 2-6, appearing after anthesis, linear, grass-like, 10-30x c. 0,2 cm; inflorescence laxly to densely 5-15-flowered in upper half, peduncle ± covered by 4-5 papery sheaths; flowers small, not opening fully, whitish to yellow, spur and lip side lobes often tinged with red; bracts scarious, linear, 6-10 mm long; pedicel and ovary arched, 4-8 mm long; sepals and petals oblanceolate, 4-9x1,5-3 mm; lip c. 7 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, 3-lobed; side lobes narrow, rounded; mid-lobe oblong, truncate or obtuse, c. 2,5x2,5 mm, margins undulate or dentate; callus of 2-3 basal ridges with 3-5 lines of papillae on mid-lobe; spur slender, 2-4 mm long; fruit pendent, c. 20 mm long. |
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| Ecology : |
Seasonally wet grassland; perennially damp ground; grassland in sponge areas; shallow swamps; wet bog and dambo; swampy soils, sometimes in free-standing water; sandy peaty moist soil; submontane grassland; 0-2300 m alt. |
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Very variable in size of flowers. |
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Bioko/Fernando Poo; E S. Africa, Swaziland.
“Not easily seen as it is usually shorter than the grass amongst which it grows” (la Croix & al., Orchids Malawi: 309, 1991). “Remarkable for its very slender habit and narrow leaves” (Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 52, 1898). |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb, Geophyte- Ht 0.18 - 0.52 m. Alt: 30 - 1555 m. Distribution: GA, KN, LP, MP, NW, SWZ |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Orchids of Southern Africa : 394-395 (1999).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Fgui |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Orchidées d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°45764 modified 2007-04-03 |
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