- Family:
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Habenaria Willd.
Habenaria procera (Afzel. ex Sw.) Lindl.

[FWTA]
Orchidaceae, V. S. Summerhayes. Flora of West Tropical Africa 3:1. 1968
- Morphology General Habit
- Usually an epiphyte (often on oil palms) up to 2 ft. high with leafy stem
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- White flowers.
[FTEA]
Orchidaceae, V. S. Summerhayes. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1968
- Morphology General Habit
- A usually epiphytic herb, rarely found in ground-level humus, up to 6 dm. high.
- Vegetative Multiplication Tubers
- Tubers variously shaped, pubescent, with stout velamen-covered roots.
- Morphology Stem
- Stem erect, leafy throughout its length, the leaf-bases sheathing.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves on lower part of stem lanceolate to narrowly ovate, up to 30 cm. long, 5.5 cm. broad, the upper leaves closely resembling bracts.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence up to 35-flowered, rather dense, up to 15 cm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts lanceolate to ovate, acute, up to 3–5 cm. long, 6 mm. broad.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers white, with tepals green at their apices.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Dorsal sepal ovate, up to 12 mm. long, 7 mm. broad; laterals obliquely ovate, up to 12 mm. long, 6.5 mm. broad.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals ovate-oblong, almost as long and broad as the sepals.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Labellum
- Lip 3-lobed from an undivided oblong base; side lobes linear, up to 27 mm. long; middle lobe a little broader and considerably shorter than the side lobes, up to 18 mm. long, 2 mm. broad.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Spur
- Spur pendent, up to 11 cm. long, inflated in apical 1 cm.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
- Anther ± 5 mm. high, loculi parallel, canals slender, curved, as long as the stigmas.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigmas subclavate, up to 5 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Rostellum
- Rostellum middle lobe triangular, acute.
- Habitat
- Lowland rain-forest, among ferns and mosses on tree trunks; 1250m. In West Africa usually epiphytic in the humus in fissured bark and axils of branches of several tree species, but especially the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
- Distribution
- U2
[FWTA]
Orchidaceae, V. S. Summerhayes. Flora of West Tropical Africa 3:1. 1968
- Morphology General Habit
- A terrestrial herb up to 21/2 ft. high, leafy in lower part of stem
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers white
- Ecology
- In humus among rocks.
Native to:
Angola, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre
Habenaria procera (Afzel. ex Sw.) Lindl. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Mar 1, 2001 | Zapfack, L. [948], Cameroon | 76125.000 | No | ||
Keay, R.W.J. [22589], Nigeria | 1580.000 | No | |||
Sierra Leone | 17301.000 | No | |||
19406.000 | No | ||||
Maggs, D.H. [144], Nigeria | 19407.000 | No | |||
Cox, J.K. [54], Ghana | 19408.000 | No | |||
Tweedie, E.M. [2736] | 31417.000 | No | |||
Segerback, B. [1143], Nigeria | 37975.000 | No | |||
Schaijes, M. [1691], Congo, DRC | 47361.000 | No | |||
Onochie, C. [33419], Nigeria | 5953.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [5152], Sierra Leone | 5954.000 | No | |||
Stevart [434], Cameroon | 71936.000 | No | |||
76010.000 | No | ||||
Deistel, H. [0s.n.11], Cameroon | K000106446 | No | |||
Maitland, T.D. [736], Cameroon | K000106448 | No | |||
Ngongi [15084], Cameroon | K000106447 | No | |||
Nov 18, 1937 | Zenker [503], Cameroon | Habenaria gabonensis | K000415661 | Yes | |
Testu, G.L., Gabon | Habenaria gabonensis | 21740.000 | No | ||
Bowden, J.K. [172], Nigeria | Habenaria gabonensis | 34414.000 | No | ||
Segerback, B. [1171], Nigeria | Habenaria gabonensis | 38466.000 | No | ||
Harris, D.J. [3204], Congo | Habenaria gabonensis | 56610.000 | No | ||
Harley, G.W. [2039], Liberia | Habenaria gabonensis | 5912.000 | No | ||
Jun 1, 2003 | Pollard, B.J. [236], Cameroon | Habenaria procera var. gabonensis | K000106857 | No | |
Jun 1, 2003 | Gregory, H. [322], Cameroon | Habenaria procera var. gabonensis | K000106438 | No | |
Jun 1, 2003 | Pollard, B.J. [117], Cameroon | Habenaria procera var. gabonensis | K000106902 | No | |
Jun 1, 2003 | Sunderland, T.C.H. [1502], Cameroon | Habenaria procera var. gabonensis | K000106440 | No | |
Jun 1, 2003 | Gregory, H. [322], Cameroon | Habenaria procera var. gabonensis | K000106437 | No | |
Jun 1, 2003 | Pollard, B.J. [236], Cameroon | Habenaria procera var. gabonensis | 77725.000 | No | |
Jun 1, 2003 | Etuge, M. [4088], Cameroon | Habenaria procera var. gabonensis | K000107017 | No | |
Jun 1, 2003 | Cable, S. [51], Cameroon | Habenaria procera var. gabonensis | K000106441 | No | |
Jun 1, 2003 | Gregory, H. [322], Cameroon | Habenaria procera var. gabonensis | K000106439 | No |
First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 318 (1835)
Accepted by
- Geerinck, D. (2011). Catalogue raisonné des Orchidaceae du Congo-Kinshasa, distribuées par districts phytogéographiques. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 32: 2-37.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
- Szlachetko, D.L. & al. (2004). Flore du Gabon 36: 1-231. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.
- Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
- Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Cat. Talb. 147.
- Chev. Bot. 621
- F.T.A. 7: 220
- Gen & Sp. Orch. Pl. 318 (1835)
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
- Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Lindl., Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl.: 318 (1835).
- Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 220 (1898).
- Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 410 (1936)
- Summerh. in ed. 2, 3: 194(1968).
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