FZ.21. Satyrium Sw.

Description of the genus

Terrestrial herbs, growing from tubers. Leaves ± basal on the flowering stem or on a separate shoot with sheathing leaves along the flowering stem. Inflorescence few to many-flowered; bracts often large and reflexed. Flowers non-resupinate. Petals and sepals similar, often partly united with the lip. Lip forming a hood with broad or narrow mouth, 2-spurred from the base; spurs rarely 0. Column inside the lip; pollinia 2.

Worldwide: Over 100 species, mostly in Africa, with 5 in Madagascar and 2 in Asia.

Zimbabwe: 21 taxa.

Satyrium longicauda

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
aberrans Summerh.E
anomalum Schltr.N,C,E,SDescription, Image
breve RolfeC,EDescription, Image
buchananii Schltr.N,W,C,EDescription, Image
chlorocorys RolfeEDescription, Image
compactum Summerh.C,E,S
coriophoroides A. Rich.EDescription, Image
elongatum RolfeC,E
flavum la Croix[NrEnd][VU]E
hallackii Bolus subsp. ocellatum (Bolus) A.V. HallN,C,EDescription, Image
longicauda Lindl.EDescription, Image
macrophyllum Lindl.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
mirum Summerh.[End][VU]E
neglectum Schltr. var. neglectum EDescription, Image
oliganthum Schltr.C,E
paludosum Rchb. f.C,EDescription, Image
riparium Rchb. f.CDescription, Image
sceptrum Schltr.EDescription, Image
sphaeranthum Schltr.E
trinerve Lindl.N,W,C,EDescription, Image
volkensii Schltr.EDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Satyrium:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Satyrium
Flora of Malawi: Satyrium
Flora of Mozambique: Satyrium
Flora of Zambia: Satyrium

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Satyrium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Satyrium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Satyrium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Satyrium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Satyrium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Satyrium
JSTOR Plant Science: Satyrium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Satyrium
Plants of the World Online: Satyrium
Tropicos: Satyrium
Wikipedia: Satyrium

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Satyrium.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=421, retrieved 19 March 2024

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