Published December 31, 2005 | Version v1
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Disperis nitida Summerh.

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31.Disperis nitida Summerh.

Kew Bull. 11: 222 (1956); Summerhayes, Fl. W. Trop. Afr., ed. 2: 205 (1968); Szlachetko F Olszewski, Fl. Camer. 34: 44 (1998). — Type: Cameroon, Bamenda, Savory UCI 451 (holo-, K).

Plants 120-500 mm. Leaves 2, opposite, ovate, 15-70 × 12-60 mm. Flowers 1-5, white; median sepal narrowly lanceolate, to 12.5 mm long, hood narrow, lateral sepals semi-ovate, free, ± 11 × 3.7- 6 mm; petals C-shaped with large anterior lobes; lip blade linear, pendent, hirsute, appendage as two, bilobed lobes, papillose.

DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Cameroon; in deep shade in montane forests at 1800- 2200 m, sometimes also as a low-level epiphyte. Flowering in September.

Notes

Published as part of Kurzweil, Hubert & Manning, John C., 2005, A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae), pp. 155-207 in Adansonia (3) (3) 27 (2) on page 184, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5186519

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Collection code
F , UCI , W
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Disperis
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
UCI 451
Order
Asparagales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Species
nitida
Taxon rank
species