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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 Rwanda: 21 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| attenuata Hook.f. | ||
| chirensis Rchb.f. | ||
| coeloglossoides Summerh. | ||
| dregeana Lindl. | ||
| epipactidea Rchb. f. | Description, Image | |
| filicornis Lindl. | Description, Image | |
| huillensis Rchb. f. | ||
| ichneumonea (Sw.) Lindl. | ||
| macrandra Lindl. | Description, Image | |
| macrostele Summerh. | Description, Image | |
| malacophylla Rchb. f. | Description, Image | |
| microsaccus Kraenzl. | ||
| myodes Summerh.[Agg] | ||
| peristyloides A.Rich. | ||
| petitiana (A. Rich.) T. Durand & Schinz | ||
| praestans Rendle var. praestans | Description, Image | |
| schimperiana A. Rich. | Description, Image | |
| tentaculigera Rchb. f. | Description, Image | |
| tenuispica Rendle | ||
| tweedieae Summerh. | ||
| welwitschii Rchb. f. |
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