Habenaria leprieurii Rchb.f.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Orchidaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Habenaria leprieurii Rchb.f.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - BRITISH GUIANA. Kaieteur Plateau, rare in sphagnum bog, B. Maguire 23288. VENEZUELA. Amazonas: occasional in Sabana Caname on left bank of Caño Caname, Rio Atabapo, 5 k m below Guarinumo, 125 m alt., flowers greenish white, June 8, 1959, J. J. Wurdack & L. S. Adderley 42859; rare in Sabana Manacal, Rio Atabapo, 15 k m above Guarinumo, 125 m alt., flowers white, June 12, 1959, Wurdack & Adderley 42953; on crystalline tilted sandstone, near left bank of Caño Duquiapo, Rio Casiquiare, 2 km above Solano, 100 m alt., flowers white, July 10, 1959, Wurdack & Adderley 43390. TRINIDAD, FRENCH GUIANA (type), and BRAZIL.

  • Distribution

    BRITISH GUIANA. Kaieteur Plateau, rare in sphagnum bog, B. Maguire 23288. VENEZUELA. Amazonas: occasional in Sabana Caname on left bank of Caño Caname, Rio Atabapo, 5 k m below Guarinumo, 125 m alt., flowers greenish white, June 8, 1959, J. J. Wurdack & L. S. Adderley 42859; rare in Sabana Manacal, Rio Atabapo, 15 k m above Guarinumo, 125 m alt., flowers white, June 12, 1959, Wurdack & Adderley 42953; on crystalline tilted sandstone, near left bank of Caño Duquiapo, Rio Casiquiare, 2 km above

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