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Acianthinae_species
Corybas striatus (Schltr.) Schltr.
Nomenclature
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Synonyms: 2
- isotype: Schlechter 18011 (BPBM)
- isotype: Schlechter 18011 (NHMUK)
- isotype: Schlechter 18011 (E)
- isotype: Schlechter 18011 (K)
- isotype: Schlechter 18011 (K)
SUMMARY
Plant: Small, 2.5 - 4.5 cm high terrestrial.
Tuber: not known
Stem: not known
Cataphyll: not known
Leaves: dark green; suborbicular or subreniform, 7 12 - by 8 - 12 mm, acuminate or apiculate, cordate at base.
Pedicel: short.
Bract: ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, less than half the length of ovary.
Ovary: cylindric, 8 mm long, 6-grooved.
Flower: whitish with carmine veins, tip of median sepal carmine.
Median sepal: curved, boatshaped, obovate-spathulate, 13 mm long, obtuse, glabrous.
Lateral sepals: linear, 9 mm long, subulate in apical part.
Lateral petals: linear, about half the length of lateral sepals.
Lip: from a tubular basal part abruptly curved downward and slightly spreading into an ovate limb, obtuse, margin entire, slightly pilose towards tip on inside
Spurs: conoid, obtuse.
Capsule: not seen.
Type: Schlechter 16011 (B, +)
Distribution: Finisterre Mts.
Ecology: On open limestone cliff, in moss cushions
Elevation: 1100 m