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Malaxis katangensis
katangensis
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Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Kalengwa Mine area, Mufumbwe Distr., North-Western Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Kalengwa Mine area, Mufumbwe Distr., North-Western Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Kalengwa Mine area, Mufumbwe Distr., North-Western Province
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| Status: | Native |
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Dwarf, mostly terrestrial orchid with creeping rhizomes or fusiform tuberous roots, broad plicate (pleated) leaves and terminal inflorescences, flowering with the leaves. The flowers are small and the lip (the unpaired petal) is without a spur. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | D.R.Congo, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Tanzania and Malawi |
| Malawi distribution: | N,S |
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Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 329. as Malaxis katangensis (Includes a picture). Cribb, P.J. (1978). A synopsis of Malaxis (Orchidaceae) in Africa Kew Bulletin 32(4) Page 739. La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 283. La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 180. as Malaxis katangensis (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 122. Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 111 - 112. as Malaxis katangensis (Includes a picture). |
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