Species Information - Agrostophyllum longinode

Agrostophyllum longinode Ormerod, Orchadian 17 (2012), fig.

Type: NGF 23204 (A.N. Millar) (holo U; iso BRI, CANB, LAE).

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Terrestrial herb. Rhizome not seen. Roots terete, to 0.2 cm thick. Stems laxly 5-6 leaved, 53-54 cm by 0.25-0.30 cm; base subterete, higher up semi-complanate; parts not covered by sheaths 10.0-11.2cm long. Sheaths at base of stem c. 7 or more, brown, 1.0-7.5 cm long. Leaves grass-like, linear to linear-lanceolate, 10.-29.5 by 0.45-0.55 cm; leaf sheaths 3.5-11.6 cm long, split near the top for 1- 3.5 cm, without stipules; apex inequally ribbed, lobules with 0.05- 0.1 2 cm long irregular to subtruncate tips. Inflorescence terminal, nutant to erect, composed of numerous bracts, sheaths and some flowers, 2.0-2.5 by c. 1.5 cm; peduncle c. 1-1.2 cm long. Pedicel and ovary subfusiform, triquetrous-ovate in section, with narrow applanate wings on the ribs, c. 0.8 cm long. Median sepal oblong-lanceolate, c. 0.91 by 0.38 cm; apex acute; 5-nerved. Lateral sepals obliquely oblong-lanceolate; upper third thickly carinate; apex acute; 5-nerved, 1.13 by 0.45 cm (1 cm along the midrib). Petals oblong-elliptic, 0.9 by 0.38 cm; apex subacute; 5-nerved. Lip 3-lobed, c. 1.12 cm long; hypochile shortly saccate, with broadly rounded lateral lobes, 0.275-0.3 cm by c. 0.2 cm; ligula subquadrate-cuneate, widely bidentate, papillose-pubescent, raising 0.13-0.15 cm past lateral lobes; epichile suborbicular, c. 0.82 by 0.95-1 cm, base with 2 low, fleshy pads, front lateral margins dentate. Column not raised, semi-terete, c. 0.425 cm long (without anther cap).
(After Ormerod, 2012)

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