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Eggelingia Summerh.

La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1998) Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 11(2)

Description of the genus

Epiphytic, monopodial herbs with long, slender, leafy stems. Leaves distichous, linear or ligulate, articulated at the base to persistent leaf sheaths. Inflorescence axillary, short, few-flowered. Flowers small, white. Sepals and petals free, subsimilar. Lip entire, ovate, spurred. Column short, fleshy. Pollinia 2, ovoid. Rostellum deflexed, triangular, bifid.

Worldwide: 3 species in tropical Africa.

Caprivi: 1 cultivated taxon.

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ligulifolia Summerh.

Other sources of information about Eggelingia:

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Flora of Malawi: Eggelingia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Eggelingia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Eggelingia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Eggelingia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Eggelingia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Eggelingia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Eggelingia
JSTOR Plant Science: Eggelingia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Eggelingia
Plants of the World Online: Eggelingia
Tropicos: Eggelingia
Wikipedia: Eggelingia
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Cultivated plants: genus page: Eggelingia.
https://www.capriviflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=2457, retrieved 29 April 2024

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