FZ.5. Brachycorythis
SCHWARTZKOPFFIA Kraenzl.
Summerhayes, V.S. (1955) A revision of the genus Brachycorythis Kew Bulletin 10 221-264
Description of the genus
Terrestrial herbs with ellipsoid or fusiform tubers. Stems leafy. Leaves often numerous and overlapping. Bracts leaf-like, longer than the flowers at least at base of inflorescence. Flowers usually mauve or purple, often with darker spots, less often cream-coloured or greenish-brown. Sepals free. Petals usually adnate at base to side of column. Basal part of lip boat-shaped, spurred or saccate; upper part flattened, usually projecting forwards. Worldwide: 25 species in tropical and South Africa and Asia. Zimbabwe: 8 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| buchananii (Schltr.) Rolfe | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| congoensis Kraenzl. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| inhambanensis (Schltr.) Schltr. | E | Description, Image |
| lastii Rolfe | E | Description, Image |
| ovata Lindl. subsp. welwitschii (Rchb. f.) Summerh. | N,E | Description, Image |
| pleistophylla Rchb. f. subsp. pleistophylla | W,C,E | Description, Image |
| tenuior Rchb. f. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| velutina Schltr. | N,C,E | Description |
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