Habenaria bracteosa Hochst. ex A.Rich. 1850 SECTION Chlorinae Kraenzl.

Collection Sheet by T D Maitland

Common Name The Large Bracted Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in Ethiopia and Tanzania in forests in grassy glades, especially by streams and in damp places in heath at elevations of 1450 to 3600 meters as a small to large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying 5 to 10, lowqest 2 sgeath-like, the middle 3 to 5 lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, the uppermost smaller but similar bract like leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, 2 to 20" [5 to 50 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescnece with narrowly lanceolate, lower ones longer than the flowers floral bracts and carrying green to yellowish green flowers.

"Differs from H distantiflora by the lateral sepals being .14 to .22" [3.5 to 5.5 mm] long, versus .12 to .16" [3 to 4 mm] long, and the spur being .6 to 1.12" [1.5 to 2.8 cm] long versus .4 to .68" [1 to 1.7 cm] long.

Synonyms Habenaria clarencensis Rolfe 1898; Montolivaea bracteosa (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Szlach. 2001; Montolivaea clarencensis (Rolfe) Szlach. 2001; Pseudoperistylus bracteosus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Szlach. & Olszewski 1998; Pseudoperistylus clarencensis (Rolfe) Szlach. & Olszewski 1998

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 292 Hochst. ex A.Rich. 1850

Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 216 Rolfe 1898 as Habenaria clarencensis

Fl. Cameroun 34: 220 Szlach. & Olszewski 1998 as Pseudoperistylus bracteosus

Fl. Cameroun 34: 218 Szlach. & Olszewski 1998 as Pseudoperistylus clarencensis

Polish Bot. J. 46: 128 Szlach 2001 as Montolivaea bracteosa

Polish Bot. J. 46: 128 Szlach 2001 as Montolivaea clarencensis

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