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 Burundi: 47 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| adolphi Schltr. | ||
| anaphysema Rchb. f. | Description | |
| arianae Geerinck | ||
| attenuata Hook.f. | ||
| calvilabris Summerh. | Description, Image | |
| chirensis Rchb.f. | ||
| cirrhata (Lindl.) Rchb. f. | Description, Image | |
| clavata (Lindl.) Rchb. f. | Description, Image | |
| coeloglossoides Summerh. | ||
| cornuta Lindl. | Description, Image | |
| cornutella Summerh. | ||
| debeerstiana Kraenzl. | Description, Image | |
| disparilis Summerh. | Description, Image | |
| filicornis Lindl. | Description, Image | |
| galactantha Kraenzl. | Description, Image | |
| goetzeana Kraenzl. | Description, Image | |
| gonatosiphon Summerh. | Description, Image | |
| huillensis Rchb. f. | ||
| humilior Rchb. f. | Description, Image | |
| ichneumonea (Sw.) Lindl. | ||
| laurentii De Wild. | ||
| lewallei Geerinck | ||
| macrostele Summerh. | Description, Image | |
| macrura Kraenzl. | Description, Image | |
| malacophylla Rchb. f. | Description, Image | |
| microsaccus Kraenzl. | ||
| myodes Summerh. [Agg] | ||
| ndiana Rendle | ||
| pauper Summerh. | ||
| peristyloides A.Rich. | ||
| petitiana (A. Rich.) T. Durand & Schinz | ||
| pilosa Schltr. var. pilosa | ||
| pilosa Schltr. | Description, Image | |
| praestans Rendle var. praestans | Description, Image | |
| praestans Rendle [Agg] | ||
| rhopalostigma Kraenzl. | Description, Image | |
| schimperiana A. Rich. | Description, Image | |
| splendentior Summerh. | ||
| tentaculigera Rchb. f. | Description, Image | |
| tenuispica Rendle | ||
| tweedieae Summerh. | ||
| uhehensis Schltr. | Description, Image | |
| uncicalcar Summerh. | Description, Image | |
| walleri Rchb.f. | Description, Image | |
| weberiana Schltr. | Image | |
| welwitschii Rchb. f. | ||
| zambesina Rchb.f. | Description, Image |