- Family:
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Satyrium Sw.
Satyrium carsonii Rolfe

[FWTA]
Orchidaceae, V. S. Summerhayes. Flora of West Tropical Africa 3:1. 1968
- Morphology General Habit
- A terrestrial herb up to 2 ft. high
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- White or pink-tinged rather waxy flowers
- Ecology
- In grasslands.
[FZ]
Orchidaceae, I. la Croix and P.J. Cribb. Flora Zambesiaca 11:1. 1995
- Morphology General Habit
- Terrestrial herb 25–65 cm tall; tubers 1–3 cm long, ovoid or ellipsoid, tomentose.
- Morphology Leaves
- Basal leaves 2, appressed to ground, the larger up to 6 × 10 cm, ovate, orbicular or reniform, glabrous, rather fleshy; stem with c. 4 sheathing leaves, 2–6.5 cm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence 4–16 × 3–6 cm, fairly densely few- to c. 20-flowered.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers scented, white, the tips of the spurs green.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary c. 10 mm long, with 6 wings.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts up to 30 × 17 mm, reflexed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Sepals and petals projecting or deflexed, joined shortly at base to each other and to the lip.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Median sepal 7–17 × 3–4 mm, oblong, obtuse; lateral sepals 9–20 × 4.5–7 mm, obliquely oblanceolate, obtuse.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 7–14 × 2.5–5 mm, oblanceolate, rounded.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Labellum
- Lip 9–16 mm long with 2–3 mm reflexed at apex, 11–14 mm wide when spread out, very convex, forming a hood with a prominent keel.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Spur
- Spurs 8–10 mm long, tapering from a wide mouth to an acute apex, parallel to ovary.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
- Column 4–7 mm high, curved; stigma 2–3 × 3–4 mm; rostellum mid-lobe 1.5 × 1.5 mm.
[FTEA]
Orchidaceae, V. S. Summerhayes. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1968
- Morphology General Habit
- A terrestrial herb 2.5–6.5 dm. high, glabrous except for the roots.
- Vegetative Multiplication Tubers
- Tubers ovoid or narrowly ellipsoid, 1–3 cm. long, ± 1 cm. in diameter, tomentose.
- Morphology Roots
- Roots flexuous, slender, pubescent.
- Morphology Stem
- Stem erect, terete, with 2 basal leaves and several distant sheaths.
- Morphology Leaves
- Two basal leaves subopposite, broadly ovate to reniform, adpressed to the ground, 1.5–6 cm. long, 1–9.5 cm. broad; sheathing leaves 3–5, scattered along the stem, lanceolate, 2–6.5 cm. long, 1–2 cm. broad.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence rather dense, 4–15 cm. long, 3–5 cm. in diameter, 3–18-flowered; bracts at first erect, later reflexed, lanceolate, 1.5–3 cm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers spreading, white; pedicel with ovary straight, ± 1 cm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals ± deflexed, united shortly at the base to the petals and lip; intermediate sepal oblanceolate or oblong, obtuse, 7.5–17 mm. long, 3–4 mm. broad; laterals obliquely oblanceolate, rounded at apex, 9.5–19 mm. long, 3–7 mm. broad.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals oblanceolate, rounded at apex, 8–15 mm. long, 2.5–5 mm. broad; all tepals several-nerved.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Labellum
- Lip erect, very convex and almost hooded, with a broad mouth and a projecting ± curved-back apex, 9–16.5 mm. long and ± as broad when spread out, 2-spurred at the base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Spur
- Spurs parallel to the ovary, ± curved, tapering from a broad base, 6–14 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
- Column ± enclosed in the lip, bow-shaped towards the back, 4–7 mm. high, the stalk thick, curved; anther-loculi horizontal, within the bend of the column; stigma semi-orbicular, 2–3 mm. high and 3–4 mm. broad, rostellum side lobes short, triangular, the middle lobe much larger, projecting downwards with apical part hooked upwards, ovate, acute.
- Habitat
- Open grassland or at edge of Brachystegia woodland; 1450–2100 m.
- Distribution
- K2 K3 K5 T4 T7 T8 U1 Nigeria eastwards to Congo Republic, Zambia and Malawi
Native to:
Burundi, Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre
Satyrium carsonii Rolfe appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Feb 6, 1964 | Lely, H.V. [344], Nigeria | K000416069 | Yes | ||
Feb 6, 1964 | Stolz, A. [2549], Tanzania | K000416070 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Richards, H.M. [8083], Zambia | 22992.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [3728], Zambia | 23814.000 | No | |||
Richards, H.M. [12030], Zambia | 23815.000 | No | |||
Richards, H.M. [10785], Zambia | 23816.000 | No | |||
Robinson, E.A. [4241], Zambia | 23817.000 | No | |||
Richards, H.M. [4328], Zambia | 23818.000 | No | |||
Richards, H.M. [4133], Zambia | 23819.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [8588], Tanzania | 24585.000 | No | |||
Richards, H.M., Zambia | 24586.000 | No | |||
Holmes, W.D. [0124], Zambia | 26767.000 | No | |||
Williamson, G. [673], Zambia | 33955.000 | No | |||
Morze, G. [39], Zambia | 36600.000 | No | |||
Schaijes, M. [2150], Congo, DRC | 48950.000 | No | |||
Brummitt, R. [13758], Zambia | 56986.000 | No | |||
Carson, A. [3], Zambia | K000416071 | lectotype | Yes | ||
Carson, A. [5], Zambia | K000416072 | Yes | |||
Holmes, W.D. [0124], Zambia | 75888.000 | No |
First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 265 (1898)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- in F.T.A. 7: 265 (1898).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Piers, Orch. E. Afr.: 44 (1959).
- Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 265 (1898).
- Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 201, fig. 386 (1968).
- Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 20: 170 (1966).
- Tweedie in Journ. E.A. Nat. Hist, Soc. 24: 13 (1964).
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