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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14.
Disperis lanceana
H.Perrier
Notul.
Syst.
(Paris) 5: 223 (1936),
in
Humbert, Fl. Madag.
(Engl. revis.),
Orch.
: 114 (1981);
Du Puy
et al.
,
Orch. Madag.
: 135 (1999)
;
la
Croix
et al.
,
Adansonia
24: 72 (2002)
. —
Type
:
Madagascar
,
Lance
s.n.
(holo-,
P
)
.
Plants to
150 mm
. Leaves 2-3, alternate, lanceolate to ovate, 30-35 ×
12-13 mm
. Flowers 2-3, pink, relatively large; median sepal linear, 12- 13 ×
0.8 mm
, hood deep, 10-12 ×
14-15 mm
, lateral sepals almost completely united to
form synsepalum
8-9 ×
10-12 mm
; petals ovate, 10-13 ×
5 mm
; lip blade fleshy, tongue-shaped, papillose, stalked, appendage of two curved horns.
DISTRIBUTION. —
Madagascar
.