|
(Last Modified On 11/13/2012)
|
|
|
|
(Last Modified On 11/13/2012)
|
|
Species
|
MALAXIS SOULEI L. Wms.
|
|
PlaceOfPublication
|
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 21:343. 1934.
|
|
Synonym
|
Microstylis Montana Rothr. in Wheeler, Rept. U. S. Geog. Surv. W. 100th Merid. 6(Bot.) :264. 1878. Acbroantbes montana Greene, Pittonia 2:183. 1891. Malaxis. Montana 0. Ktze. Rev. Gen. PI. 2:673. 1891, non Blume. Malaxis macrostacbya "(La Llave & Lex.) 0. Kuntze," sensu Ames & Schweinf. in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harv. Univ. 3:120. 1935, hardly of La Llave & Lexarza nor of Lindley nor of Kuntze.
|
|
Description
|
Erect terrestrial herbs up to about 4.5 dm. tall. Stems short, fleshy or cormous, probably hypogaeous, covered with the scarious bases of the sheaths and petiole. Leaves 1 on each growth; lamina 2.5-16 cm. long and 1-6 cm. broad, elliptic- ovate to oblong or oblong-ovate to obovate, variable, acute or obtuse, mem- branaceous; petiole elongated and enclosing the peduncle for a third to a half of its length and thus the lamina borne well above the ground. Inflorescence an elongated-, densely flowered spike. Dorsal sepal 1.5-2.5 mm. long and about 0.8-1.2 mm. broad, lanceolate-ovate to elliptic-oblong, acute or obtuse. Lateral sepals 1.5-2.2 mm. long and 0.8-1.2 mm. broad, oblong-elliptic, obtuse. Petals 1.2-2 mm. long and 0.2-0.6 mm. broad, linear or linear-lanceolate, obtuse. Lip 1.7-2.5 mm. long and 1.4-2.5 mm. broad, ovate-cordate to suborbicular-cordate, auriculate, cochleate, apex tridentate.
|
|
Distribution
|
Arizona, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama.
|
|
Specimen
|
CHIRIQUI: Volcain de Chiriqui, alt. about 3025 m., Davidson 999; Llanos del Volcan, alt. 1120-1200 m., Seibert 128; Casita Alta, Volcain de Chiriqui, alt. about 1500-2000 m., Woodson, Allen & Seibert 804, 835; Casita Alta to Cerro Copete, alt. 2300-3300 m., Woodson & Schery 371.
|
|
Tag
|
|
|
|
Project Name
|
|
Tag
|
|
|
|