Orchidaceae
Eulophia

Eulophia galbana Ridl.

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 469 (1885)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central Madagascar. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63285762/176947367

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Distribution

Centre: Ankafana (Betsileo), Deans Cowan. Type non vu.

General Description

Pseudobulbes ovoïdes, jaunes et brillants. Feuilles peu nombreuses, étroitement linéaires-lancéolées, aiguës, pliées-nervées, plus longues que le scape. Scape de 20 cm. environ, portant 6 gaines membraneuses, de couleur pâle, amples et acuminées; grappe d'une dizaine de fleurs; bractées petites, ovales-lanceolées. Sépales et pétales connivents, presque semblables, ovales-lancéolés, aigus et jaunes, les sépales latéraux et les pétales dilatés près de la base du côte antérieur et formant ainsi un mentum court. Pétales un peu plus petits et plus obtus. Labelle mince, petit, plus court que les pétales, trilobé, les lobes latéraux petits, o'btus et courbés en dehors; lobe médian ovale-oblong, obtus, un peu barbu au milieu, d'un jaune maculé de rougeâtre; éperon nul.

[E-EM]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0