Habenaria spathulifera Cogn. 1893 SECTION Pratensis
Drawing by © Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the The genus Habenaria (Orchidaceae) in the Brazilian Amazon
Drawings © by Hoehne
Common Name The Spatula Carrying Habenaria
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in Venezuela, French Guiana, Surinam and Brazil in easonally humid areas as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with an erect, slender stem enveloped near the base by 1 to 3 tight sheaths and carrying above, 5 to 7, linear, acuminate, dorsally carinate, basally clasping leaves decreasing in size upwards that blooms on an erect, 2 to 2.4" [5 to 6 cm] long, 3 to 6 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, long-acuminate, three nerved, cucullate floral bracts.
+"This species has been considered a subspecific taxon of H. pratensis. However the differences between H. pratensis var. parviflora and H. pratensis are greater than the differences between H. pratensis and H. glazioviana, which are considered distinct species. Thus, as a matter of coherence, H. pratensis var. parviflora should also deserve a specific status. An alternative to reduce H. glazioviana to a subespecific taxon of H. pratensis would require a new combination that we prefer to avoid until a more detailed analysis of the three taxa is undertaken. Analysis of the literature revealed that the earlier available name for this taxon is H. spathulifera. Diagnostic characters of H. spathulifera are the short pedicellate ovary (1.6-2.5 cm long) and bright yellow flowers, while H. pratensis and H. glazioviana have long pedicellate ovaries (3-4.7 cm long) and larger, pale yellow flowers. Sepals of H. spathulifera are green and the petal and lip bright yellow. The species is typical of seasonally humid places." Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti 2008
Synonyms Habenaria georgii Schltr. 1925; Habenaria mattogrossensis Kraenzl. 1911; Habenaria pratensis var. parviflora Cogn. 1893; Habenaria spathuliglossa Kraenzl. ex Hoehne 1940; Rhinorchis mattogrossensis (Kraenzl.) Szlach. 2012
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Fl. Bras. 3(4): 86 Cogniaux 1893
Fl. Bras. 3(4): 86 Cogniaux 1893 as H praetensis var parviflora;
Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 46(10): 14 Kraenzl. 1911 as H mattogrossensis;
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 42(2): 86 Schlechter 1925 as H georgei
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H mattogrossensis drawing ok;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H pratensis var parviflora;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilense Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing as H. macilenta;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 as H georgei;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 as H mattogrossensis;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 as H mattogrossensis drawing fide;
Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003 as H pratensis var parviflora;
Richardiana 13: 76 Szlachetko 2012 as Rhinorchis mattogrosensis;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 1: 162 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2017 drawing fide;
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