Eulophia flavopurpurea (Rchb. f.) Rolfe

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Eulophia flavopurpurea

Photo: Mike Bingham
Chongwe District, Great East Road 130 km, Nyabutaye, 80-mile dambo.

Eulophia flavopurpurea

Photo: Jakob Fahr
Serenje Central

Eulophia flavopurpurea

Photo: Jakob Fahr
Serenje Central

Eulophia flavopurpurea

Photo: Jakob Fahr
Serenje Central

Eulophia flavopurpurea

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mufumbwe Plain (dambo), Mufumbwe Distr., North-Western Province

Eulophia flavopurpurea

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mufumbwe Plain (dambo), Mufumbwe Distr., North-Western Province

Eulophia flavopurpurea

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mufumbwe Plain (dambo), Mufumbwe Distr., North-Western Province

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Synonyms: Cyrtopera flavopurpurea Rchb.f.
Eulophia sp. (Eyles 474, 491) of Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 337 (1916).
Eulophia tuberifera Kraenzl.
Lissochilus andersonii Rolfe
Lissochilus corbisierei De Wild.
Lissochilus flavopurpureus Rchb. f.
Lissochilus johnsonii Rolfe
Lissochilus lacteus Kraenzl.
Lissochilus millsonii Rolfe
Lissochilus seretii De Wild.
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Terrestrial herb 60–95 cm tall. Leaves 3–4, the lowest 2 sheathing, linear, 5–35 cm long, grass-like, absent or just starting to develop at flowering time. Inflorescence laxly up to 8-flowered; bracts linear, 10–30 mm long, spreading. Flowers pale greenish-yellow, usually flushed with purple. Sepals erect or spreading, lanceolate, 17–34 mm long, sometimes with the edges inrolled. Petals elliptic-ovate, 18–23 mm long, projecting over column. Lip 3-lobed at about halfway; side lobes erect, mid-lobe deflexed, flabellate-obovate, 7–15 mm long, with a callus of 7–11 low, verrucose ridges. Spur 3–7 mm long, conical, blunt, forming a right-angle to the lip.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: flavopurpurea: yellow-purple.
Habitat: Seasonally wet or swampy grassland and dambos.
Altitude range: (metres) 480 - 1300 m
Flowering time:Oct - Dec
Worldwide distribution: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Burundi, DRC, CAR, Uganda, Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution: N,C
Growth form(s): Terrestrial.
Endemic status:
Red data list status: Data deficient
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Images last updated: Thursday 15 August 2019
Literature:

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 129.

Fibeck, W. & Dare, M. (1993). Terrestrial Orchids in Zimbabwe. Excelsa 16 Page 58.

Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 180.

Grosvenor, R.K. (1976). A list of orchids indigenous in Rhodesia. Excelsa 6 Page 81.

La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1998). Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 11(2) Pages 496 - 498. (Includes a picture).

La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 332. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 95.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 120.

Summerhayes, V.S. (1953). African Orchids: XXII Kew Bulletin 8(4) Page 585.

Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 170 - 171. (Includes a picture).


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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Eulophia flavopurpurea
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Eulophia flavopurpurea
African Plant Database: Eulophia flavopurpurea
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JSTOR Plant Science: Eulophia flavopurpurea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Eulophia flavopurpurea
Plants of the World Online: Eulophia flavopurpurea
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Wikipedia: Eulophia flavopurpurea


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: Species information: Eulophia flavopurpurea.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=119170, retrieved 28 March 2024

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