| Eulophia tenella Rchb. f. |
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| Family : ORCHIDACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Eulophia |
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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) Heterotypic |
| =Eulophia natalensis Rchb. f. |
| =Eulophia flaccida Schltr. (1895) |
| =Eulophia collina Schltr. (1899) |
| =Eulophia nutans auct. sensu Bolus |
| =Eulophia mossambicensis Schelpe |
| =Eulophia humilis Schltr. (1899) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Terrestrial slender herb; tubers subterranean, in a chain; leaves narrowly linear, 10-21-42x0,1-0,6 cm; inflorescence 18-30 cm tall, densely 5-25-flowered, peduncle with 3 bracts c. 3 cm long; flowers green spotted with brown-purple (sepals), petals pale yellow blotched with purple inside, lip yellowish-brown; bracts lanceolate, 7-10 mm long; pedicel and ovary c. 7 mm long; tepals spreading, oblong, subequal, c. 5-7x2-4 mm; lip c. 6 mm long, 4 mm wide, 3-lobed, with fleshy lamellae on the 3 central nerves; mid-lobe ± emarginate; spur cylindrical, blunt, 2-3 mm long, parallel to ovary. |
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| Ecology : |
Grassland, vlei; 1500-1800 m alt. |
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Coastal E S. Africa. |
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Autonomous self-pollination observed by Peter & Johnson (S. Afric. J. Bot. 75: 791-794, 2009), with photographs. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb, Geophyte- Ht 0.15 - 0.6 m. Alt: 245 - 1770 m. Distribution: EC, KN, MP |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Orchids of Southern Africa : 373-374 (1999).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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