| Satyrium crassicaule Rendle |
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Protologue : J. Bot. 33: 295 (1895)  |
| 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 fischerianum Kraenzl. |
| =Satyrium goetzenianum Kraenzl. (1898) |
| =Satyrium kirkii Rolfe (1898) |
| =Satyrium mystacinum Kraenzl. (1898) |
| =Satyrium niloticum Rendle (1895) |
| =Satyrium usambarae Kraenzl. (1904) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Terrestrial herb 30-120 cm tall, glabrous; rootstock short, thick with roots in a dense tuft; stem erect, leafy; leaves 8-13, lower ones spreading, in a tuft, lanceolate, 8-50x2-8 cm, the upper 3 smaller, sheath-like, appressed to stem; inflorescence cylindrical, 5-40 cm long, 2-3,5 cm Ø, densely 20-120-flowered; flowers pink to mauve, rarely white, spreading; bracts conspicuous, leafy, 10-40 mm long, reflexed; pedicel and ovary curved, c. 10 mm long; sepals and petals projecting forwards; dorsal sepal oblanceolate-elliptic, 4-8x1-3 mm; laterals oblong, slightly larger; petals similar, 4-7x1-2 mm; lip very convex, hooded, 5-8 mm long, mouth broad; spurs slender, 8-13 mm long, parallel to ovary. |
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| Ecology : |
Damp grassland, with mixed scrub and scattered juniper; marshes in grassland; Ericaceous bush; forest glades in bamboo zone; in swamps among grasses and sedges (Cyperus spp.); Papyrus swamps at edge of lakes; edge of dams; open forest with Myrica on old lava flows; wet meadows along rivers and creeks; wet dambos, bogs; lake margins; old plantations; sometimes in running water; usually in very wet areas; occurs in colonies of hundreds of plants; 1050-3300 m alt. |
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Pollination studied by Johnson & al. in Pl. Syst. Evol. 292: 97, 2011 (cf. also Hervouet 2009 cited above). |
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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]: 206
Bibliography other :
- KIPKOECH S. & AL. (2020). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Aberdare Ranges Forest, a part of Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot PhytoKeys 149: 23
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| see under chg |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Orchidées d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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