| Satyrium monadenum Schltr. |
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Protologue : Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 527 (1915)  |
| Information on the genus : Satyrium |
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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 20-60 cm tall, glabrous; tubers ovoid-globose, 1,5-2x1-2 cm; sterile shoot with 3-4 leaves, the lowest sheath-like, the terminal one lanceolate-acute, 5x1,6 cm; flowering shoot with leaf sheaths spread; sheaths lanceolate, 3-8x1-2,5 cm, stem purplish above; inflorescence cylindrical, 5-15x3 cm, densely 13-many-flowered; flowers curving outwards, vivid carmine-red; bracts reflexed, lanceolate, 10-25 mm long, tinged with red; ovary c. 10 mm long, stout; tepals spreading, projecting forwards; dorsal sepal elliptical, 12-14x2 mm; laterals wider; petals oblanceolate, 12-13x2 mm; lip horizontal, very convex, hooded, 10-12 mm long, 13-17 mm wide, apex short and turned up, mouth wide; spurs slender, 11-15 mm long, parallel to ovary; viscidium single. |
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| Ecology : |
(Wet) grassland, often with perennial herbs; 1920-2840 m alt. – Sometimes forming large colonies with S. buchananii (with white scented flowers). |
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Some specimens cited with the original description, viz. Stolz 2451, 2528, are S. sceptrum (fide Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Orchid. 1: 195-196, 1968). Pollination studied by Johnson & al. (Pl. Syst. Evol. 292: 97, 2011). |
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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]: 209
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| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
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