Habenaria entomantha

  • Authority

    Schweinfurth, Charles. 1967. Orchidaceae of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: 69-214.

  • Family

    Orchidaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Habenaria entomantha

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - BRITISH GUIANA. In swamps of the upper Rio Branco, Schomburgk 814 (type of H . Schomburgkii) . VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Mt. Roraima, 1200 m alt., Moritz 630b (type of H . Moritzii), Im Thurn 367; upper slopes of Roraima, McConnell & Quelch 4; Gran Sabana, in savannas bordering Rio Kukenan, between Kun and base of Mt. Roraima, 975-1065 m alt., "conok guani yariokii" (flor de agua), flowers greenish-yellow, J. A. Steyermark 58552; Ilu-tepui, Gran Sabana, near Uarupata, 1000 m alt., occasional in marshy savanna, plants wholly green, February 10, 1952, B. Maguire 33279; same locality, occasional in open savanna, in drainage of Rio Kamarang, northwest of San Rafael, 1200 m alt., flowers wholly green, March 26, 1952, Maguire 33617; same locality, occasional in savanna at Kavanayen, 1200 m alt., flowers green, March 30, 1952, Maguire 33675; occasional in moist savanna, about 4 km east of Mission Santa Teresita at Kavanayen, 1300 m alt., flowers greenish white, December 13, 1952, B. Maguire ir J. J. Wurdack 33791; between Km 124 and 126, south of El Dorado, frequent on bare road (chiefly of sand with a good mixture of rotting logs), G. C. K. Dunsterville 851 as H. Schomburgkii. Amazonas: upper Orinoco, Salvajito, near Raudal de Atures, Gaillard 83. MEXICO (type of Orchis entomantha), BRITISH HONDURAS, GUATEMALA, COLOMBIA (type of H. armata), and BRAZIL.

  • Discussion

    Orchis entomantha La Llav. & Lex., Nov. Veg. Descr. 2: 8. 1825.

    Habenaria Schomburgkii Lindl., Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot. 2: 673. 1843.

    Habenaria armata Reichb. £., Bonplandia 2: 10. 1854.

    Habenaria Moritzii Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. II. 2: 284. 1887.

  • Distribution

    BRITISH GUIANA. In swamps of the upper Rio Branco, Schomburgk 814 (type of H . Schomburgkii) . VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Mt. Roraima, 1200 m alt., Moritz 630b (type of H . Moritzii), Im Thurn 367; upper slopes of Roraima, McConnell & Quelch 4; Gran Sabana, in savannas bordering Rio Kukenan, between Kun and base of Mt. Roraima, 975-1065 m alt., "conok guani yariokii" (flor de agua), flowers greenish-yellow, J. A. Steyermark 58552; Ilu-tepui, Gran Sabana, near Uarupata, 1000 m alt., occasional in marshy

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