A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae)
Author
Kurzweil, Hubert
Author
Manning, John C.
text
Adansonia
2005
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journal article
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5186519
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6.
Disperis katangensis
Summerh.
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 384 (1931)
;
Verdcourt,
Fl.
Trop.
East Afr.
: 219 (1968);
Geerinck, Fl.
Afr. Centr.: 234 (1984)
;
la Croix
F
P
.
J
.
Cribb, Fl.
Zambes.: 239 (1995). —
Type
:
Zaire
/
DRC
,
Kisanga
,
von Hirschberg
168
(holo-,
K
)
.
Plants
50-200 mm
. Leaves 2, alternate, ovate, 5-30 ×
5-20 mm
. Flowers 1-5, mauve with yellow and purple marks; median sepal linear,
7- 17 mm
long, laterals elliptic, 9-15 ×
6-11 mm
, basally joined (up to third); lip
7.5-10 mm
long, blade circular or elliptic with papillate crest, stalked, appendage reniform and emarginate or deeply bilobed, papillose.