Eulophia clavicornis Lindl.

in Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 202 (1836).

Synonymes

Eulophia aliwalensis Rolfe in Kew. Bull. Misc. Inform. 368 (1910).

Eulophia emarginata Lindl. in Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 202 (1836).

Eulophia engleri Rolfe in Kew. Bull. Misc. Inform. 282 (1910).

Eulophia inaequalis Schltr. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20. Beibl. 3 (1895).

Eulophia longipes Rolfe in Kew. Bull. Misc. Inform. 280 (1910).

Eulophia obcordata Rolfe in Kew. Bull. Misc. Inform. 82 (1917).

Eulophia transvaalensis Rolfe in Kew. Bull. Misc. Inform. 280 (1910).

Eulophia violacea Rchb.f. in Linnaea. 20: 683 (1847).

Eulophia watkinsonii Rolfe in Fl. Cap. 339 (1913).

Graphorkis clavicornis (Lindl.) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 662 (1891).

Graphorkis violacea (Rchb.f.) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 662 (1891).

Eulophia keniensis Schltr. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, IX. 21 (1924).

Orthochilus nutans var. clavicornis (Lindl.) Szlach. in ref. [469]p.33

Orthochilus hians var. inaequalis (Schltr.) Szlach. in ref. [469]p.35

Répartition

Afrique du Sud, Arabie Saoudite, Ethiopie, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzanie, Yemen, Zambie, Zimbabwe.

Afrique du Sud : Eastern Cape, Eastern Transvaal, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Transvaal, Northwest, Orange Free State.

Floraison : JFM____ASO__. Altitude de 1550 à 2450 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 40 à 50 cm. Bractées lancéolées. Eperon de 0 à 2 mm, cylindrique. Pétales ovales, de 8-18 × 3-4 mm. Labelle trilobé.

Photos

imageCopyright Jean-Michel Hervouet, 22/01/2015, Afrique du Sud, KwaZulu-Natal.

imageCopyright Jean-Michel Hervouet, 01/02/2015, Afrique du Sud, KwaZulu-Natal.

Bibliographie

La Croix. Orchids of Malawi. Balkema. P.O. Box 1675 Rotterdam. 1991. Page 312. Dessin.

Graham Williamson. The orchids of South-Central Africa. J.-M. Dent & Sons LTD, London. 1977. Page 159. Dessin.

Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall. Wild orchids of Southern Africa. MacMillan LTD, Brammfontein Centre, Johannesbourg. 1982. Page 233. Photo.

Cribb. Flora of tropical East Africa. Orchidaceae. Part III. R.M. Polhill, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. 1989. Page 448.

H.P. Linder & H. Kurzweil. Orchids of Southern Africa. A.A. Balkema/Rotterdam. 1999. Page 366. Photo.

Steve Johnson & Benny Bytebier. Orchids of South Africa. A field guide. Struik Nature. 2015. Page 306 (sous le nom Eulophia hians). Photo.

Darius L. Szlachetko & al. Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa. Vol. 3. Koeltz Scientific Books. 2021. Page 33 (sous le nom Orthochilus nutans var. clavicornis). Dessin.

Darius L. Szlachetko & al. Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa. Vol. 3. Koeltz Scientific Books. 2021. Page 35 (sous le nom Orthochilus hians var. inaequalis). Photo, dessin.

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