Porpax repens (Rolfe) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen

in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 186: 200 (2018).

Synonymes

Stolzia repens (Rolfe) Summerh. in Kew. Bull. 8: 141 (1953).

Polystachya repens Rolfe in Kew. Bull. 132 (1912). (basionyme)

Répartition

Burundi, Cameroun, Ethiopie, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ouganda, Rwanda, Tanzanie, Zaire, Zambie, Zimbabwe.

Ethiopie : Kefa, Shewa, Sidamo, Welega.

Floraison : JFM________D. Altitude de 900 à 2200 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. 2 feuilles, de 50-14 × 3-8 mm, elliptiques. Fleur unique, jaune, rouge. Sépales latéraux oblongs, à apex obtus, de 6-8 × 0-3 mm. Pétales lancéolés, de 0-5 × 0-2 mm.

Bibliographie

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