Disperis cardiophora Harv.

Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), Adansonia (3) 27 (2), pp. 155-207 : 191-192

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5777524

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CB-5E1C-FFE9-18A3-52CEFF53FAB0

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scientific name

Disperis cardiophora Harv.
status

 

53. Disperis cardiophora Harv. View in CoL

Thes. Cap. 2: 4 (1863); Schlechter, Bull. Herb. Boissier , ser. 1, 6: 926 (1898); Rolfe, Fl. Cap. 5, 3: 303 (1913); J . C . Manning in H . P . Linder F Kurzweil , Orch. S . Afr.: 307 (1999). — Type: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Sanderson 488 (holo-, TCD; iso-, BOL, K, SAM) .

Plants to 260 mm. Leaf 1, basal, subrotund, 10-17 × 8-19 mm. Flowers mostly 6-20 in secund raceme, greenish-white to pink; median sepal saccate, 3-4 × 3-4 mm, laterals ovate, 4-5 × 2.5-3 mm; petals oblong, 4 × 2-3 mm; lip blade triangular, 1.7 mm long, appendage triangular, pubescent ( Figs 1C View FIG ; 9D View FIG ).

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga); in montane or subalpine grassland, in seepage areas and near water courses at 500-2500 m. Flowering mainly from December to February .

J

University of the Witwatersrand

C

University of Copenhagen

H

University of Helsinki

P

Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants

F

Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

TCD

Trinity College

BOL

University of Cape Town

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

SAM

South African Museum

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Disperis

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