Species Information - Eulophia spectabilis

Eulophia spectabilis (Dennst.) Suresh, Regnum Veg. 119 (1988) 300

Type: Collector?, India, Malabar coast (not found, lecto: Rheede, Hortus Malabaricus 11 (1692) t. 36)

Synonyms:

• Wolfia spectabilis Dennst., Schlüssel Hortus Malab. (1818) 11, 25, 38
  - Type: Collector?, India, Malabar coast (not found, lecto: Rheede, Hortus Malabaricus 11 (1692) t. 36)
• Cypripedium bulbosum Blanco, Fl. Filip. (1837) 637
  - Type: not designated
• Cyrtopera fusca Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 5 (1851) 11, t. 1690
  - Type: Wight? s.n. (Kartairy Falls, Kaitie, Neilgherries); (Conoor) (K); in L: Wight 2973
• Cyrtopodium fuscum (Wight) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon (1885) 89
• Eulophia fusca (Wight) Blume, Fl. Javae, n.s., 1 (1858) 154; Coll. Orchid. (1858) 182, obs
• Cyrtopera gardneri Thwaites, Enum. (1864) 302
  - Type: ?
• Cyrtopera godefroyi Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg. 1 (1878) 35
  - Type: Godefroy-Lebeuf s.n (Cambodia, Mt. Purset) (18-VI-1875) (holo K)
• Cyrtopera laxiflora Gardner ex Thwaites, Enum. (1864) 302
  - Type: ?
• Cyrtopera mysorensis Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3 (1859) 32
  - Type: Law in herb. Stocks 56 (holo K)
• Cyrtopera nuda (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Flora 55 (1872) 274
• Cyrtopera regnieri Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. (1886, II) 294
• Dipodium plicatum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List (1832) n. 7362 (nom. nud.)
• Dipodium ranala Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List (1832) n. 7371 (nom. nud.)
• Dipodium roniata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List (1832) n. 7371 (nom. nud.)
• Eulophia bicolor Dalz., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3 (1851) 343 (non Blume nec Rchb.f. & Sond.)
  - Type: Dalzell s.n. (India, Bombay, Syhadrad)
• Eulophia burkei Rolfe ex Downie, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1925) 380
  - Type: Kerr 139; Burke s.n.; Kurz 3247; Hildebrand s.n.; Henry 11141; 12084; 12084a; 13700 pp (syn K)
• Eulophia celebica Blume, Fl. Javae, n.s., 1 (1858) 154; Coll. Orchid. (1858) 182
  - Type: Collector? s.n. (Celebes, Manado) (holo L)
• Eulophia elata Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1890) 3
  - Type: Scortechini 2023
• Graphorchis elata (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 662
• Eulophia elongata Blume, Fl. Javae, n.s., 1 (1858) 154; Coll. Orchid. (1858) 182
  - Type: Korthals s.n. (Sumatra, Tendike) (holo L)
• Eulophia hildebrandii Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4 (1919) 262 (nom. nov.)
• Eulophia holochila Collett & Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 28 (1890) 132
  - Type: Collett s.n. (Shan States, Shan Hills 4000 ft.)
• Eulophia lutea Blume, Fl. Javae, n.s., 1 (1858) 153; Coll. Orchid. (1858) 181
  - Type: Kuhl & van Hasselt 15 (W. Java, Tjilankahan) (holo L)
• Graphorchis lutea (Blume) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 662
• Eulophia mucronata Blume, Fl. Javae, n.s., 1 (1858) 154; Coll. Orchid. (1858) 182
  - Type: Blume s.n. (W. Javan, Bantam prov., Tjidourian) (holo L)
• Eulophia nuda Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. (1833) 180
  - Type: Wallich 7371 (syn K); Hamilton s.n. (syn BM)
• Eulophia squalida Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. (1841) Misc. 77
  - Type: Loddiges cult. (Cuming) s.n. (holo K)
• Cyrtopodium squalidum (Lindl.) Vidal, Phan. Cuming. Philipp. (1885) 150
• Cyrtopodium squalidum (Lindl.) Vidal, Phan. Cuming. Philipp. (1885) 150
• Graphorchis squalida (Lindl.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 662
• Eulophia squalida Lindl. var. celebica (Blume) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10 (1911) 71
• Eulophia squalida Lindl. var. neoguineensis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 418
  - Type: Schlechter 16993; 18939 (B, lost)
• Eulophia squalida Lindl. var. neoguineensis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 418
  - Type: Schlechter 16993; 18939 (B, lost)
• Eulophia sumatrana Blume, Fl. Javae, n.s., 1 (1858) 155; Coll. Orchid. (1858) 183, nota; et Miq. Fl.
  - Type: Korthals s.n. (Sumatra, Padang Prov.)
• Graphorchis sumatrana (Blume) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 662
• Geodorum pierrei Gagnep., Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris), sér. 2, 4 (1932) 710, in clavi, 712
  - Type: Pierre 541 (Cambodia) (P); 6576 (P)
• Phaius steppicola Hand.-Mazz., Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 62 (1925) 253
  - Type: ?
• Semiphajus chevalieri Gagnep., Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris), sér. 2, 4 (1932) 598
  - Type: Chevalier 40598 (holo P)

Basionym: Wolfia spectabilis

A terrestrial herb. Stems erect, up to 15 cm long, leafy, sheathed by cataphylls at base. Leaves 2 or more near the apex of the stem, elliptic-lanceolate, up to 30 by 3.5 cm, narrowing at base, with 5-7 prominent veins. Inflorescence lateral, arising from near the base of the stem, up to 80 cm long, thick and fleshy, few- to many-flowered. Pedicel and ovary up to 4 cm long. Median sepal lanceolate, 2.2-2.5 by 0.4 cm. Lateral sepals obliquely lanceolate, 2.5 by 0.5 cm. Petals ovate, 1.9 by 0.7 cm. Lip obovate, entire, 1.9 by 1 cm, the disc with 7 longitudinal callus ridges, the apical margin undulate; spur broad, flattened, 0.3 cm long. Column 1 cm long.
(After Lewis and Cribb, 1991, as Eulophia nuda Lindl.).

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