Calanthe mannii Hook.f.

in Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 850 (1890).

Synonymes

Alismorchis mannii (Hook.f.) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 650 (1891).

Calanthe brachychila Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 79: 162 (1932).

Calanthe pusilla Finet in 436 (1899).

Calanthe oblanceolata Ohwi & T.Koyama in Bull. Nat. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, N. S., 3. (No. 41) 269 (1957).

Répartition

Bhoutan, Birmanie, Chine, Inde, Japon, Népal, Sikkim, Tibet, Vietnam.

Chine : Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.

Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

Floraison : ___AM_______. Altitude de 1200 à 2400 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 30 à 45 cm. Feuilles de 2 à 3, de 180-250 × 40-50 mm, lancéolées, oblongues. Inflorescence . Fleurs de 10 à 20, brunes. Sépale dorsal concave, oblong, ovale, de 7-9 × 3-4 mm. Sépales latéraux concaves, oblongs, ovales, de 7-10 × 3-4 mm. Pétales oblongs, de 6-8 × 1-2 mm. Labelle trilobé. Chromosomes : 2n=40.

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