Holothrix nyasae Rolfe
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Uncertain (see note) |
Description:
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Although mentioned in FTEA part 1(Summerhayes, 1968) and in A Provisional Checklist of Orchidaceae (Schelpe, 1973), no actual specimens are known and it is absent in Flora Zambesiaca (La Croix & Cribb, 1995). |
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nyasae: referring to Lake Nyasa, where the type specimen was found |
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In (sub)montane grassland and among rocks |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Tanzania and doubtfully in Malawi and Mozambique. |
Mozambique distribution:
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N? |
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Literature:
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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.
Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1976). A Provisional Checklist of the Orchidaceae of Mozambique South African Journal of Botany 42(4) Page 389.
Summerhayes, V.S. (1968). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 7 - 8.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-22
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2022).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Holothrix nyasae. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=203610, retrieved 1 July 2022
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