Orchidaceae
Eulophia

Eulophia reticulata Ridl.

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 470 (1885)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Madagascar. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64594037/64617438

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Habitat

Prairies seches, lieux decouverts, de 800 a 1.800 in. d'alt.

General Description

Pseudobulbes cormoides, charnus et souterrains (de la section). Feuilles 5-6, graminiiformes, argues, paraissant longtemps apres les fleurs. Inflorescence de 30-40 cm. de haut; pedoncule environ 2 fois plus long que la grappe, portant line dizaine de gaines, ies inferieures amples, evasees, courtes et plus rapprochees, les superieures plus longues, plus distantes et plus apprimees; grappe assez lache de 15-25 fleurs brunes sur le vif et sur le sec; bractees aigues, n'egalant pas la moitie de l'ovaire pedicelle. Sepales ovales-obtus, apicules (7-8 X 3,5-4 mm.) a 5 nervures. Petales presque aussi larges que hauts (9x8 mm. env.), suborbiculaires ou tres largement ovales, tres obtus, a 5-7 nervures rouges et tres visibles, les 3 medianes simples, les 2-4 laterales tres ramifiees-reticulees du cote externe. Labelle retreci a la base, trilobe, les lobes lateraux petits et obtus, le median plus grand obcuneiforme et obtus; bords crispesondules; palais orne d'une callosite jaune, constitute par des lignes con fluen ties de petits tubercules; nervures rouges nombreuses et Ires visibles; eperon court, cylindrique, obtus et assez epais. Colonne haute de 3 mm. au plus; anthere munie en arriere, sur le connectif, d'un petit tubercule rougeatre entre 2 petits appendices plats, blancs et obtus.

Distribution

Commun. Endémique. Centre: sur I'lsaka, Hifsenbeng; Imerina, Rutenberg; Ambatomena-Ioha (W. Betsileo), A. Grandidier; sans localite, Hure; haut Isandrano (Imerina), Perrier 1497; Andilamena (N.), Perrier 15027: Horombe (S.), H. Poisson 579 et 581; mont Vohipolaka, au N. de Betroka, Humbert

11616.

[E-EM]

Uses

Use

Les Malgaches mangent, erus oil cuits. les tubercules, les feuilles et les capsules de cette plante.

[E-EM]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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
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  • 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