Bulbophyllum cogniauxianum
| Bulbophyllum cogniauxianum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Bulbophyllum |
| Species: | B. cogniauxianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Bulbophyllum cogniauxianum (Kraenzl.) J.J.Sm. 1912
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| Synonyms | |
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Cirrhopetalum cogniauxianum Kraenzl. 1905 | |
Bulbophyllum cogniauxianum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum found in Brazil.
Description
[edit]The rhizome thin, the bulbs are fairly distant from each other, conical, subterete, with a 2 cm high base and 1 cm thick monophylls. Leaves unifoliate at the base short-petiolate linear-oblong obtuse apex bilobed thick coriaceous 6-7 cm long 1-1.3 cm wide, scape with thin sheaths short, apex bearing a umbel with few flowers(3-6), minute lanceolate bracts scarcely shorter than the short ovaries. scarcely connate, pointed, carinate in the middle, with a small curved triangular label above the furrowed base, and on both sides slightly auricled anteriorly, not produced in the process: the foot of the column is very curved and arched. Column short not brachiate, stele short sharp, androclinium deeply excavated Flowers dirty purple, dorsal sepal 4 mm, petals 3.5 mm long, dorsal sepal 3 mm, petals 1.5-2 mm wide, lateral sepals 1 cm long 2 mm wide, labellum 1.25 mm long.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Just, J.L.; Koehne, E.; Geyler, H.T.; Fedde, F.K.G.; Schumann, K.M. (1906). Just's botanischer jahresbericht: Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder (in German). Gebr. Borntraeger. p. 86. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
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