Eulophia hians var. nutans (Sond.) S.Thomas, Lindleyana 13: 183 (1998).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Eulophia nutans Sond., Linnaea 19: 73 (1846).
Graphorkis nutans (Sond.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 662 (1891).
Eulophia clavicornis var. nutans (Sond.) A.V.Hall, J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 5: 82 (1965).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Eulophia carunculifera Rchb.f., Flora 64: 329 (1881).
Eulophia madagascariensis Kraenzl., Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 7: 255 (1882).
Eulophia vaginata Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 467 (1885).
Graphorkis madagascariensis (Kraenzl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 662 (1891).
Graphorkis vaginata (Ridl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 662 (1891).
Eulophia aemula Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(50): 26 (1895).
Eulophia galpinii Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(50): 10 (1895).
Eulophia laxiflora Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(50): 4 (1895).
Eulophia buchananii Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 64 (1897), nom. illeg.
Eulophia crinita Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 58 (1897), nom. illeg.
Eulophia flanaganii Bolus, Trans. S. African Philos. Soc. 16: 143 (1905).
Eulophia gladioloides Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 281 (1910).
Eulophia nelsonii Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 369 (1910).
Eulophia purpurascens Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 281 (1910).
Eulophia triloba Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1917: 81 (1917).
Eulophia amajubae Schltr., Ann. Transvaal Mus. 10: 236 (1924).
Eulophia decurva Schltr., Ann. Transvaal Mus. 10: 235 (1924).
Eulophia ernestii Schltr., Ann. Transvaal Mus. 10: 236 (1924).
Eulophia bathiei Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 260 (1925).
Lissochilus vaginatus H.Perrier, in Fl. Madag. 49(2): 14 (1941).
Eulophia vleminckxiana Geerinck & Schaijes, Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 60: 188 (1990).
Description:
Leaves fully developed at anthesis. Upper sheaths on scape more than half the length of the internodes Inflorescence up to 93 cm long, flowering time much later than other vars. Flowers with sepals green to olivaceous often flushed with purplish-brown or brown, petals white to dull yellow-green, lip similar with a white or pale yellow papillate callus. Spur 2–4 mm long, incurved, not swollen. Column foot 1–2 mm.
Habitat:
Grasslands, varying from short dry grasslands on sandy soils at lower altitudes to montane grassland on rocky outcrops, dambo grassland, and high rainfall woodland on sandy soil, also on bare ground on "chrome hills" 900–2200 m.
Cultivation:
As given for the genus.
Distribution:
Ethiopia to S. Africa, Madagascar, SW. Arabian Pen.
References:
Orchids of Southern Africa A.A. Balkema, Linder, H.P. & Kurzweil, H. (1999); Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae (Part 3); Note on Nomenclature and Typification of Eulophia hians Spreng. (Orchidaceae) S. Thomas, Kew Bulletin, Vol. 53, No. 4 (1998), pp. 1005-1007; New Records of Orchidaceae for Arabia P. J. Cribb, Kew Bulletin, Vol. 42, No. 2 (1987), pp. 461-463; Additional Records of Orchidaceae for the Flora of Arabia S. Robbins, Kew Bulletin, Vol. 47, No. 4 (1992), pp. 721-724
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