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FZ.15. Habenaria
Description of the genus
Terrestrial herbs. Leaves basal or cauline or appressed to the ground in a few spp. Inflorescence a terminal spike, Flowers usually inconspicuous, green, white or yellow. Sepals free, the dorsal sepal sometimes forming a hood with the petals. Petals entire or 2-lobed; lip usually 3-lobed, spurred, with the spur often swollen or flattened. Stigmatic arms often elongated. With Eulophia, this is one of the largest orchid genera in both Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Worldwide: c.600 species in the tropics and subtropics Caprivi: 43 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| adolphii Schltr. | |
| anaphysema Rchb. f. | Description |
| arianae Geerinck | |
| attenuata Hook.f. | |
| calvilabris Summerh. | Description, Image |
| chirensis Rchb.f. | |
| cirrhata (Lindl.) Rchb. f. | Description, Image |
| clavata (Lindl.) Rchb. f. | Description, Image |
| coeloglossoides Summerh. | |
| cornuta Lindl. | Description, Image |
| cornutella Summerh. | |
| debeerstiana Kraenzl. | Description, Image |
| disparilis Summerh. | Description, Image |
| filicornis Lindl. | Description, Image |
| galactantha Kraenzl. | Description, Image |
| goetzeana Kraenzl. | Description, Image |
| gonatosiphon Summerh. | Description, Image |
| huillensis Rchb. f. | |
| ichneumonea (Sw.) Lindl. | |
| laurentii De Wild. | |
| lewallei Geerinck | |
| macrostele Summerh. | Description, Image |
| macrura Kraenzl. | Description, Image |
| malacophylla Rchb. f. | Description, Image |
| microsaccus Kraenzl. | |
| myodes Summerh.[Agg] | |
| ndiana Rendle | |
| pauper Summerh. | |
| peristyloides A.Rich. | |
| petitiana (A. Rich.) T. Durand & Schinz | |
| pilosa Schltr. | Description, Image |
| praestans Rendle[Agg] | |
| rhopalostigma Kraenzl. | Description, Image |
| schimperiana A. Rich. | Description, Image |
| splendentior Summerh. | |
| tentaculigera Rchb. f. | Description, Image |
| tenuispica Rendle | |
| uhehensis Schltr. | Description, Image |
| uncicalcar Summerh. | Description, Image |
| walleri Rchb.f. | Description, Image |
| weberiana Schltr. | Image |
| welwitschii Rchb. f. | |
| zambesina Rchb.f. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Habenaria:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: HabenariaFlora of Caprivi: Habenaria
Flora of Malawi: Habenaria
Flora of Mozambique: Habenaria
Flora of Zambia: Habenaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Habenaria
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): HabenariaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Habenaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Habenaria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Habenaria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Habenaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Habenaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Habenaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Habenaria
Plants of the World Online: Habenaria
Tropicos: Habenaria
Wikipedia: Habenaria
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