Crepidium purpureum (Lindl.) Szlach.

in Fragm. Flor. Geobot., Supp. 3: 131 : (1995).

Synonymes

Crepidium rizalense (Ames) D.Jones & M.A.Clem. in Lasianthera. 1. 39 (1996).

Malaxis liparioides (Schltr.) Tang & Wang in Acta. Phytotax. Sin. 1(1): 72 (1951).

Malaxis rizalensis Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 6. 46 (1911).

Microstylis liparioides Schltr. in Fed. Rep. Sp. Nov. Reg. Veg. Beih. 4: 62 (1919).

Microstylis purpurea Lindl. in Gen. Sp. Orch. 20 (1830). (basionyme)

Microstylis wallichii var. biloba King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta. 8: 16 (1898).

Malaxis purpurea (Lindl.) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 2: 673 (1891).

Répartition

Bhoutan, Birmanie, Ceylan, Chine, Inde, Laos, Népal, Philippines, Sikkim, Taiwan, Thaïlande, Vietnam.

Chine : Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.

Inde : Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

Taiwan : Kao-hsiung city, Nan-t'ou, P'ing-tung.

Floraison : _____JJA____. Altitude de 400 à 2000 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 0 à 22 cm. Feuilles de 3 à 5, de 60-130 × 25-45 mm, lancéolées, ovales, pétiolées. Bractées lancéolées, linéaires. Fleurs de 10 à 30, violettes. Sépale dorsal oblong, de 4-5 × 1-2 mm. Sépales latéraux elliptiques, de 3-4 × 1-2 mm. Pétales linéaires, oblongs, de 0-4 × 0-1 mm. Labelle coudé.

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