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FZ.15. Habenaria
Description of the genus
Terrestrial herbs. Leaves basal or cauline or appressed to the ground in a few spp. Inflorescence a terminal spike, Flowers usually inconspicuous, green, white or yellow. Sepals free, the dorsal sepal sometimes forming a hood with the petals. Petals entire or 2-lobed; lip usually 3-lobed, spurred, with the spur often swollen or flattened. Stigmatic arms often elongated. With Eulophia, this is one of the largest orchid genera in both Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Worldwide: c.600 species in the tropics and subtropics Malawi: 80 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aberrans Schltr. | N,C | Description, Image |
| adolphii Schltr. | N | |
| amoena Summerh. | S | Description, Image |
| anaphysema Rchb. f. | N | Description |
| arianae Geerinck | N | |
| armatissima Rchb. f. | N,S | Description, Image |
| cirrhata (Lindl.) Rchb. f. | N,S | Description, Image |
| clavata (Lindl.) Rchb. f. | N | Description, Image |
| cornuta Lindl. | N,S | Description, Image |
| debeerstiana Kraenzl. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| diselloides Schltr. | N | |
| disparilis Summerh. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| elliotii Rolfe ex Kraenzl. | C,S | |
| filicornis Lindl. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| galactantha Kraenzl. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| goetzeana Kraenzl. | N,C | Description, Image |
| gonatosiphon Summerh. | N,C | Description, Image |
| harmsiana Schltr. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| hirsutitrunci G. Will. | N | |
| hologlossa Summerh. | N | Description, Image |
| holubii Rolfe | C,S | Description, Image |
| humilior Rchb. f. | C,S | Description, Image |
| ichneumonea (Sw.) Lindl. | N,C | |
| insolita Summerh. | N,C | |
| kilimanjari Rchb.f. | N | Description, Image |
| kyimbilae Schltr. | N | Description, Image |
| laurentii De Wild. | N,S | |
| leucoceras Schltr. | N,S | |
| leucotricha Schltr. var. leucotricha | N | Description, Image |
| lindblomii Schltr. | N,C | Description, Image |
| lithophila Schltr. | N | |
| livingstoniana la Croix & P.J.Cribb[End] | N | |
| macrandra Lindl. | S | Description, Image |
| macrostele Summerh. | C,S | Description, Image |
| macrura Kraenzl. | N,S | Description, Image |
| magnirostris Summerh. | N | Description, Image |
| malacophylla Rchb. f. | N,S | Description, Image |
| mechowii Rchb.f. | N,C,S | |
| myodes Summerh. subsp. myodes | N,S | |
| ndiana Rendle | S | |
| njamnjamica Kraenzl. | N,S | Description, Image |
| nyikana Rchb. f. subsp. nyikana | N,S | Description, Image |
| nyikensis G. Will.[End] | N | Description |
| odorata Schltr. | N | |
| papyracea Schltr. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| perpulchra Kraenzl. | N | Description, Image |
| petitiana (A. Rich.) T. Durand & Schinz | N,S | |
| petraea Renz & Grosvenor [NrEnd] | N | Description, Image |
| pilosa Schltr. | S | Description, Image |
| praestans Rendle var. umbrosa G.Will. | N,C | |
| praestans Rendle var. praestans | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| pubidens P.J.Cribb [NrEnd] | N | Description, Image |
| pubipetala Summerh. | N,S | |
| rautaneniana Kraenzl. | N,S | Description, Image |
| retinervis Summerh. | N,C | Description, Image |
| rhopalostigma Kraenzl. | N | Description, Image |
| riparia Renz & Grosvenor[End] | N | |
| schimperiana A. Rich. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| silvatica Schltr. | ||
| sochensis Rchb. f. | N,S | Description, Image |
| splendens Rendle | N,S | Description, Image |
| stenorhynchos Schltr. | N | Description, Image |
| strangulans Summerh. | C | |
| stylites Rchb. f. & S. Moore subsp. rhodesiaca Summerh. | S | Description, Image |
| subarmata Rchb. f. | N,C | Description, Image |
| supplicans Summerh. | N | Description, Image |
| tentaculigera Rchb. f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| tenuispica Rendle | N | |
| trachypetala Kraenzl. | N,C,S | |
| trilobulata Schltr. | N | Description, Image |
| uhehensis Schltr. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| uncicalcar Summerh. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| unifoliata Summerh. | N | |
| verdickii (De Wild.) Schltr. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| villosa Rolfe | S | Description, Image |
| walleri Rchb.f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| weberiana Schltr. | N,C | Image |
| welwitschii Rchb. f. | N,S | |
| xanthochlora Schltr. [NrEnd] | N | Description, Image |
| zambesina Rchb.f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Habenaria:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: HabenariaFlora of Burundi: Habenaria
Flora of Caprivi: Habenaria
Flora of the DRC: Habenaria
Flora of Mozambique: Habenaria
Flora of Rwanda: Habenaria
Flora of Zambia: Habenaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Habenaria
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): HabenariaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Habenaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Habenaria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Habenaria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Habenaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Habenaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Habenaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Habenaria
Plants of the World Online: Habenaria
Tropicos: Habenaria
Wikipedia: Habenaria
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