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| Synonyms: |
Porpax williamsonii (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen Stolzia cupuligera sensu Williamson in Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 128 (1977), non Summerh. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
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| Type location: |
Malawi |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | williamsonii:after Graham Williamson (1932- ), Zimbabwean dental surgeon and collector, particularly of orchids, in Zambia and Malawi. He first found and described many species and is the author of Orchids of Central Africa (1977). |
| Habitat: | Montane forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 2350 m (approx) |
| Flowering time: | Feb - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Rwanda, Tanzania and northern Malawi. |
| National distribution: | N |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 336. (Includes a picture). Cribb, P.J. (1978). A revision of Stolzia (Orchidaceae) Kew Bulletin 33(1) Page 88. Protologue Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 27. Fischer, E., Killmann, D., Delepierre, G. & Lebel, J-P. (2010). The Orchids of Rwanda Koblenz Geographical Colloquia Series Biogeographical Monographs 2 Page 407. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 291. La Croix, I. et al. (1983). Malawi Orchids Volume 1 Epiphytic Orchids National Fauna Preservation Society of Malawi Page 131. La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 185. (Includes a picture). Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 128 - 129. as Stolzia cupuligera (Includes a picture). |
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