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FZ.53. Eulophia
LISSOCHILUS R. Br.
Description of the genus
Terrestrial (rarely lithophytic) herbs, with underground rhizomes, pseudobulbs or tubers. Leaves usually present and green but in some species reduced or scale-like and brown; green leaves sheathing at base, sometimes with prominent longitudinal veins. Inflorescence arising from the base, usually racemose, rarely branched. Sepals and petals similar or with the petals much broader, free to the base or with lateral sepals fused at the base to the column-foot. Lip 3-lobed, spurred at base, usually with a callus of ridges or papillae on upper surface. Pollinia 2. Worldwide: c.200 species, tropical Zimbabwe: 56 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acutilabra Summerh. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| alta (L.) Fawc. & Rendle | W,C | Description, Image |
| angolensis (Rchb. f.) Summerh.[DD] | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| callichroma Rchb. f. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| clitellifera (Rchb. f.) Bolus | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| coeloglossa Schltr.[DD] | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| cucullata (Afzel. ex Sw.) Steud. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| dactylifera P.J. Cribb | N,E | |
| eylesii Summerh. | N,C,E,S | |
| flavopurpurea (Rchb. f.) Rolfe[DD] | N,C | Description, Image |
| fridericii (Rchb. f.) A.V. Hall | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| gonychila Schltr. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| guineensis Lindl. | N,W,E | Description, Image |
| hereroensis Schltr.[VU] | W,C,E | Description, Image |
| hians Spreng. var. hians | E | Description, Image |
| hians Spreng. var. inaequalis (Schltr.) S.A. Thomas | E | |
| hians Spreng. var. nutans (Schltr.) S.A. Thomas | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| horsfallii (Bateman) Summerh. [DD] | E,S | Description, Image |
| katangensis (De Wild.) De Wild. | C,E,S | Description |
| kyimbilae Schltr.[DD] | C | Description, Image |
| leachii Greatrex ex A.V. Hall | W,E,S | Description, Image |
| livingstoneana (Rchb. f.) Summerh. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| longisepala Rendle | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| macaulayae Summerh. | N | Description, Image |
| macrantha Rolfe[LR-nt] | N | |
| monile Rchb. f. | N,C | |
| monotropis Schltr. | N,C | |
| monticola Rolfe | E | Description, Image |
| mumbwaensis Summerh. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| norlindhii Summerh. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| nyasae Rendle | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| obscura P.J. Cribb | N,C | |
| orthoplectra (Rchb. f.) Summerh. | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| ovalis Lindl. var. ovalis | E | Description |
| ovalis Lindl. var. bainesii (Rolfe) P.J. Cribb & la Croix | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| parviflora (Lindl.) A.V. Hall | E | Description, Image |
| parvula (Rendle) Summerh. | C | Description |
| penduliflora Kraenzl. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| petersii (Rchb. f. ) Rchb. f. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| pulchra (Thouars) Lindl. | E | Description, Image |
| pyrophila (Rchb. f.) Summerh. | C,E | |
| rhodesiaca Schltr. | C | |
| rolfeana Kraenzl. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| sabulosa Schltr. | N,C,E,S | |
| saxicola P.J. Cribb & G. Will. | C,E | Image |
| schweinfurthii Kraenzl. | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| seleensis (De Wild.) Butzin | N,W,C,E,S | Image |
| sp.no.1 (Wild 3991)[End][VU] | N | Description |
| speciosa (R. Br. ex Lindl.) Bolus | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| stachyodes Rchb. f. | N,W,E | Description, Image |
| streptopetala Lindl. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| subsaprophytica Schltr. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| tanganyikensis Rolfe[DD] | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| tenella Rchb. f. | C,E | Description, Image |
| tuberculata Bolus | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| venulosa Rchb. f. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Eulophia:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: EulophiaFlora of Burundi: Eulophia
Flora of Caprivi: Eulophia
Flora of the DRC: Eulophia
Flora of Malawi: Eulophia
Flora of Mozambique: Eulophia
Flora of Rwanda: Eulophia
Flora of Zambia: Eulophia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): EulophiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Eulophia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Eulophia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Eulophia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Eulophia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Eulophia
JSTOR Plant Science: Eulophia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Eulophia
Plants of the World Online: Eulophia
Tropicos: Eulophia
Wikipedia: Eulophia
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