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SCHWARTZKOPFFIA Kraenzl.
Summerhayes, V.S. (1955) A revision of the genus Brachycorythis Kew Bulletin 10 221-264
Terrestrial herbs with ellipsoid or fusiform tubers. Stems leafy. Leaves often numerous and overlapping. Bracts leaf-like, longer than the flowers at least at base of inflorescence. Flowers usually mauve or purple, often with darker spots, less often cream-coloured or greenish-brown. Sepals free. Petals usually adnate at base to side of column. Basal part of lip boat-shaped, spurred or saccate; upper part flattened, usually projecting forwards. Worldwide: 25 species in tropical and South Africa and Asia. Malawi: 12 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| buchananii (Schltr.) Rolfe | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| congoensis Kraenzl. | C | Description, Image |
| friesii (Schltr.) Summerh. | Description, Image | |
| inhambanensis (Schltr.) Schltr. | N | Description, Image |
| lastii Rolfe | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| ovata Lindl. subsp. welwitschii (Rchb. f.) Summerh. | N | Description, Image |
| pleistophylla Rchb. f. subsp. leopoldi (Kraenzl.) Summerh. | N | |
| pleistophylla Rchb. f. subsp. pleistophylla | N,S | Description, Image |
| pubescens Harv. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| rhodostachys (Schltr.) Summerh. | N | Description, Image |
| tenuior Rchb. f. | N,S | Description, Image |
| velutina Schltr. | N,C | Description |
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