Eulophia speciosa

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Eulophia speciosa']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Eulophia speciosa'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Eulophiinae • Genus: Eulophia • Species: Eulophia speciosa (R.Br. ex Lindl.) Bolus (1889)

Synonyms

Basionym Lissochilus speciosus R.Br., Bot. Reg. 7: t. 573 (1821) Heterotypic synonyms Satyrium giganteum L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 402 (1782) Limodorum giganteum (L.f.) Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 4 (1794) Cymbidium giganteum (L.f.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 224 (1800) Epidendrum giganteum (L.f.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 376 (1810) Cyrtopera gigantea (L.f.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 190 (1833) Lissochilus calopterus Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 218 (1855) Lissochilus wakefieldii Rchb.f. & S.Moore, J. Bot. 16: 136 (1878) Lissochilus graniticus Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 75 (1881) Eulophia dispersa N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1892: 127 (1892) Lissochilus dispersus (N.E.Br.) Rolfe, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 13: 684 (1893) Eulophia speciosa var. culveri Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 10 (1895) Lissochilus brevisepalus Rendle, J. Bot. 33: 195 (1895) Lissochilus rendlei Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 96 (1897) Lissochilus volkensii Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 94 (1897) Lissochilus leucanthus Kraenzl., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 1009 (1904) Lissochilus hereroensis Kraenzl., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 626 (1908) Lissochilus speciosus var. culveri (Schltr.) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(3): 59 (1912) Eulophia sapinii De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 6: 103 (1919) Lissochilus homblei De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 6: 88 (1919) Lissochilus sapinii De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 6: 103 (1919) Eulophia wakefieldii (Rchb.f. & S.Moore) Summerh., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 500 (1939) Eulophia caloptera (Rchb.f.) Summerh., Kew Bull. 2: 133 (1947 publ. 1948) Eulophia brevisepala (Rendle) Summerh., Kew Bull. 8: 147 (1953) Eulophia austrooccidentalis Sölch, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 177 (1956) Eulophia leucantha (Kraenzl.) Sölch, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 177 (1956) Eulophia granitica (Rchb.f.) Cufod., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 42(3): 1615 (1972) Eulophia homblei (De Wild.) Butzin, Willdenowia 7: 588 (1975) Eulophia volkensii (Rolfe) Butzin, Willdenowia 7: 590 (1975) Eulophia coutreziana Geerinck, Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 60: 183 (1990)

Flowers

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  South Africa - Mpumalanga - Barberton
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Leaves

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  Eulophia speciosa
  South Africa - Mpumalanga - Barberton

Capsules (fruit)

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  South Africa - Mpumalanga - Barberton

Botanical illustrations

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  Eulophia speciosa
  (as syn.
  Lissochilus speciosus)
  plate 573 in:
  The Botanical Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 7,
  (1821)
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  Eulophia speciosa
  (as syn.
  Lissochilus speciosus)
  plate 31 in:
  John Lindley:
  Collectanea botanica,
  London (1821)
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  Eulophia speciosa
  plate 13 in:
  Harry Bolus:
  Orchids of South Africa
  volume II
  (1911)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen

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