Orchidaceae
Eulophia

Eulophia sordida Kraenzl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 67 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Cameroon. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet 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: low confidence
[AERP]

General Description

A terrestrial herb 13–45 cm. tall. Perennating organs underground, tuberous, irregularly conical, 1–3 cm. long, 1–2.5 cm. diameter, in chains, yellow, 2–4-noded; roots 2–3 mm. diameter, white. Leaves 4–5, coriaceous, linear-lanceolate, acute, 3–14 cm. long, 2–2.5 mm. wide, lowermost sheathing. Inflorescence produced before the leaves, laxly many-flowered; rhachis 2–3 mm. diameter, with 3 short acute sheaths along length; bracts spreading, linear, acuminate, 3–9 mm. long. Flowers chocolate or dull brown with a cream or yellow lip striped brown and with a yellow callus; pedicel and ovary 9–20 mm. long, plum-coloured. Dorsal sepal oblong-elliptic, obtuse, 5–6.7 mm. long, 2.5–3.6 mm.wide; lateral sepals similar. Petals elliptic or oblong-elliptic, obtuse, 5.8–8 mm. long, 4.3–5.7 mm. wide. Lip 3-lobed, 5.7–7.5 mm. long, 5–6.8 mm. wide; side lobes triangular, subacute, united for half length to the column; mid-lobe convex, elliptic, margin undulate; callus of 5–9 fleshy rugulose ridges on to basal half of mid-lobe; spur conical, 1.5–2.5 mm. long. Column 2.5 mm. long. Fruit pendent, 17–20 mm. long.

Habitat

In short, often burnt, grassland and amongst rocks; 900–2350 m.

[E-EM]

Orchidaceae, V. S. Summerhayes. Flora of West Tropical Africa 3:1. 1968

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers small, yellow and brownish in a long raceme.
[FWTA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    • '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.

  • 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