Habenaria bractescens Lindl.

  • Filed As

    Orchidaceae
    Habenaria cf. bractescens Lindl.

  • Collector(s)

    R. M. Harley 20099, 28 Mar 1977

  • Location

    Brazil. Bahia. Between 2.5 and 5 km S of Vila do Rio de Contas on side road to W of the road to Livramento, leading to the Rio Brumado.

  • Habitat

    Rocky riverside with rapids. Riverine vegetation, cerrado with sandstone outcrops and some grassland areas subject to flooding, but dry at time of collection.

  • Description

    Ground orchid to ca. 25 cm with pale green leaves, glossy on upper surface. Ovary whitish-green. Tepals & rostellum creamy-white. Stigmas palest yellow-green. Scentless. Phenology of specimen: Fertile, Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 547617

    Occurrence ID: 252fca31-3e2a-4583-a278-ad7e6cc6c488

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Asparagales

  • Family

    Orchidaceae

  • All Determinations

    Habenaria bractescens Lindl., cf., det P. J. Cribb

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Bahia

  • Locality

    Between 2.5 and 5 km S of Vila do Rio de Contas on side road to W of the road to Livramento, leading to the Rio Brumado

  • Coordinates

    -13.6, -41.83

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GATOEN
00547617
BOTANICAL
GARDER
iff (9
5A
n
Ex HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW.
Orchid
Between 2.5 and 5 fcm.B. of Vila do Rio de
Cohtas on side road "to \fm of* the road "to
Livramento, leading to the Rio Brumado.
Rocky riverside with rapids, riverine
vegetation, cerrado with sandstone outcrops
and some grassland areas subject to flooding
but dry at time of collection.
Approx. 41°5o»V7, 13°36'S. ca. 980m.
This plant growing in damp ground by: river.
Ground orchid to ca. 25cm. with pale green
leaves, glossy on upper surface. Ovary
whitish-green. Tepals & rostelluia creamy-
white, Stigmas palest yellow-green. Scent-
less.
28 March 1977
R M Harley
20099
EX HERBARIO KEWENSI
BRAZIL: ESTADO DA BAHIA
Serra do Rio de Contas
cl.
Ah 0 -1 r- *1	*
P. Otbb
R.M. Harley, S.J. Mayo. R.M. Storr. T.S. Santos, &. R.S. Pinheiro.
in Harley No. -ZOO
Field work sponsored by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Academia
Brasileira de Ciencias, and carried out with the collaboration of the Centro de
Pesquisas do Cacau, Itabuna, Bahia, January-April, 19??.
00547617