FZ.5. Brachycorythis Lindl.

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.

Brachycorythis buchananii

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
buchananii (Schltr.) RolfeN,W,C,EDescription, Image
congoensis Kraenzl.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
inhambanensis (Schltr.) Schltr.EDescription, Image
lastii RolfeEDescription, Image
ovata Lindl. subsp. welwitschii (Rchb. f.) Summerh.N,EDescription, Image
pleistophylla Rchb. f. subsp. pleistophylla W,C,EDescription, Image
tenuior Rchb. f.N,C,EDescription, Image
velutina Schltr.N,C,EDescription

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Brachycorythis
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Brachycorythis
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Tropicos: Brachycorythis
Wikipedia: Brachycorythis

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: Brachycorythis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=405, retrieved 13 November 2024

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