Species Information - Agrostophyllum atrobrunneum

Agrostophyllum atrobrunneum Ormerod, Orchadian 16 (2011) 563, fig.

Type: L.J. Brass 12072 (holo AMES; iso BRI).

Synonyms:

Epiphytic herb. Roots terete, pubescent, 0.05-0.1 cm. Rhizome terete, branching, appearing ascendant, to 13 cm long. Stems subterete, to 2.5 cm apart, laxly 4-7 leaved in upper half or near apex, rarely all over, 16.2-28.0 by 0.10-0.15 cm. Leaves thin, erect, linear, 3.5-7 by 0.15-0.25 cm; leaf sheaths 1.3-1.8 cm long, apically2 slender, thin stipule 0.1-0.2 cm long; apex bicuspidate with equally to unequally long lobes 1-3 mm long, median to 0.075 cm long mucronate. Inflorescence terminal, with a few sheaths and bracts, 1-2 flowered, to 2 by c. 0.3 cm. Pedicel and ovary subterete, c. 0.6 cm long. Median sepal oblong-lanceolate, 0.78 by 0.3 cm; apex acute; 4-nerved, one lateral nerve branched. Lateral sepals obliquely elliptic-lanceolate; apex acute; midrib dorsally to the apex carinate, 0.83 by 0.32 cm. Petals oblong ligulate, 0.72-0.73 by 0.195 cm; apex subacute; 3-nerved. Lip trilobed, 0.8 cm long; hypochile with broadly rounded lateral lobes, c. 0.2-0.21 by 0.2 cm; ligula subquadrate, with bidentate apex, papillose-pubescent; epichile broadly ovate-reniform; apex subacute, 0.58-0.6 by 0.69 cm. Column 0.375 cm long.
(after Ormerod 2011)

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