Terrestrial herbs. Leaves basal or cauline or appressed to the ground in a few spp. Inflorescence a terminal spike, Flowers usually inconspicuous, green, white or yellow. Sepals free, the dorsal sepal sometimes forming a hood with the petals. Petals entire or 2-lobed; lip usually 3-lobed, spurred, with the spur often swollen or flattened. Stigmatic arms often elongated. With Eulophia, this is one of the largest orchid genera in both Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Worldwide: c.600 species in the tropics and subtropics Zambia: 88 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| adolphi Schltr. | W | |
| amoena Summerh. | N,S | Description, Image |
| anaphysema Rchb. f. | B,N,C | Description |
| argentea P.J.Cribb [LR-nt] | N,W,C | |
| armatissima Rchb. f. | N,W | Description, Image |
| binghamii G.Will. [VU] | N | Description, Image |
| calvilabris Summerh. [DD] | N,S | Description, Image |
| cataphysema Rchb.f. | N,W | Description, Image |
| cirrhata (Lindl.) Rchb. f. [LR-lc] | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| clavata (Lindl.) Rchb. f. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| compta Summerh. | N | Description |
| cornuta Lindl. [DD] | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| debeerstiana Kraenzl. | N,C | Description, Image |
| decurvirostris Summerh. | ||
| disparilis Summerh. | N,C | Description, Image |
| edgarii Summerh. [DD] | N,W | Description, Image |
| falcata G. Will. | W | Description |
| falciloba Summerh. | W | |
| filicornis Lindl. | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| gabonensis Rchb.f. var. piloceras (Rchb.f.) Summerh. | W,C | |
| galactantha Kraenzl. | N,W | Description, Image |
| geerinckiana Geerinck | W | Description, Image |
| genuflexa Rendle | N,W | Description |
| goetzeana Kraenzl. | N,W | Description, Image |
| gonatosiphon Summerh. | N | Description, Image |
| harmsiana Schltr. [DD] | E | Description, Image |
| hebes la Croix & P.J.Cribb [EN] | W | |
| hirsutitrunci G. Will. [LR-nt] | N | |
| holothrix Schltr. | C | Description |
| holubii Rolfe [VU] | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| humilior Rchb. f. [DD] | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| ichneumonea (Sw.) Lindl. | N,W,C,E | |
| kabompoensis G. Will. | W | Description |
| kassneriana Kraenzl. | B,N,C | Description, Image |
| kilimanjari Rchb.f. | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| kyimbilae Schltr. | Description, Image | |
| laurentii De Wild. | N,W,C | |
| leucoceras Schltr. | E | |
| leucotricha Schltr. var. recticalcar la Croix & P.J.Cribb [End] [LR-nt] | N,W | Description |
| leucotricha Schltr. var. leucotricha | W,C | Description, Image |
| lindblomii Schltr. | N,W | Description, Image |
| macroplectron Schltr. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| macrotidion Summerh. [End] [DD] | N | Image |
| macrura Kraenzl. [LR-nt] | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| magnirostris Summerh. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| malacophylla Rchb. f. [LR-lc] | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| mechowii Rchb.f. | N,E | |
| mira Summerh. | N | |
| mirabilis Rolfe | N,W | |
| nicholsonii Rolfe | W,C,E | Description |
| njamnjamica Kraenzl. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| odorata Schltr. | W | |
| orthocentron P.J.Cribb [End] [DD] | ||
| papyracea Schltr. | N,W | Description, Image |
| pasmithii G.Will. [NrEnd?] [LR-nt] | N,W | Description, Image |
| perpulchra Kraenzl. | N | Description, Image |
| petitiana (A. Rich.) T. Durand & Schinz | W,C | |
| petraea Renz & Grosvenor [NrEnd] | E | Description, Image |
| pilosa Schltr. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| praestans Rendle var. praestans | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| praestans Rendle var. umbrosa G.Will. | C | |
| pubidens P.J.Cribb [NrEnd] [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| retinervis Summerh. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| rhopalostigma Kraenzl. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| schimperiana A. Rich. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| silvatica Schltr. | N | |
| sochensis Rchb. f. [LR-lc] | W,C,S | Description, Image |
| splendens Rendle | N,C | Description, Image |
| splendentior Summerh. | W | |
| stenorhynchos Schltr. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| stylites Rchb. f. & S. Moore subsp. rhodesiaca Summerh. | E,S | Description, Image |
| subarmata Rchb. f. | B,N,C,S | Description, Image |
| supplicans Summerh. | W | Description, Image |
| tentaculigera Rchb. f. [LR-nt] | W,C,E | Description, Image |
| tetraceras Summerh. | N,C | |
| tortilis P.J.Cribb | N,S | |
| trachypetala Kraenzl. | E | |
| tubifolia la Croix & P.J.Cribb [EN] | N | |
| uhehensis Schltr. [LR-nt] | N,C | Description, Image |
| uncicalcar Summerh. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| unifoliata Summerh. | N,W,C,E | |
| velutina Summerh. [LR-nt] | N,C | |
| verdickii (De Wild.) Schltr. | N,W | Description, Image |
| villosa Rolfe | C | Description, Image |
| walleri Rchb.f. | N | Description, Image |
| weberiana Schltr. | N,W,C | Image |
| xanthochlora Schltr. [NrEnd] | E | Description, Image |
| zambesina Rchb.f. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |