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| Protologue : Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7(2): 274 (1898) |
| Information on the genus : Satyrium |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Satyrium breve var. minor Summerh. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Terrestrial herb 10-70 cm tall; tubers ± ellipsoid, 1-4x0,5-2,2 cm, woolly; sterile shoot to 19 cm long, 4-leaved, lower leaves sheath-like, upper ones lanceolate, to 31x2 cm; fertile shoot leafy, leaves 5-8, lowermost 1-3 sheath-like, the remainder lanceolate, 6-21x1-4 cm, the uppermost much smaller; inflorescence pyramidal, 2-14x2-5 cm, densely 10-many-flowered; flowers sessile, pink, deep red, mauve or purple, pubescent inside; bracts spreading, lanceolate, 7-35 mm long, reflexed, hairy inside; ovary 6-8 mm long; sepals and petals projecting forwards; dorsal sepal oblong, c. 7-22x1,5-3 mm; laterals shorter but much broader; petals similar to dorsal sepal but narrower; lip very convex, 6-16 mm long, apex narrow and erect, mouth wide; spurs broad, 2-5x2 mm, parallel to ovary. |
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| Ecology : |
Bogs, swamps, dambos; (marshy) grassland; rarely among bushes; “common in wet months” (Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 274, 1898); 1000-2300 m alt. |
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Very variable in size of plants and flowers. |
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Flowering season unusually long. Ethiopia: “no authenticated record”. S. breve sensu De Wildeman & Staner, Contr. Fl. Katanga, Suppl. 5: 18, 1933, non Rolfe = S. amblyosaccos. |
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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]: 222
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| see under The International Plant Name Index |
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| see under Orchidées d'Afrique Centrale |
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